Scotch Whisky reviews

It would not have been that long ago that most distilleries would have sourced their barley from within their locality or at the very least their own country to meet their needs. As production of most…

In the summer/fall of 2018, Bruichladdich issued new editions of it's "provenance" driven whiskys, the 2010 edition of it's Islay Barley variant, the 2009 Organic barley and the 2008 Bere Barley. Right…

So, having been amused about the (fake, well, at least let's say 'twisted') news that was permeating the web recently about Lidl's "best whisky in the world" being the 8 years old Queen Margot... I…

BYOB-C – say ‘biopsy’ and know that it means ‘Bring Your Own Bottle Club’– celebrates 5 years. For this occasion they release a lovely whisky from the mildly peated Highlander Ardmore. This is already…

The Scottish company Whiskybroker.co.uk has an Ardmore fourling on the market. They had filled a refill sherry butt with spirit on 15th October 2009 and after about 8 years they re-casked the whisky to…

The Scottish company Whiskybroker.co.uk has an Ardmore fourling on the market. They had filled a refill sherry butt with spirit on 15th October 2009 and after about 8 years they re-casked the whisky to…

Prima Vinum – a Belgian whisky shop – was looking for a single cask release of Kilchoman. But the owner, Peter Van Dijck, was faced with a dilemma, for the two samples he received were both very much to…

I've been looking forward to reviewing a bottle of this for a long time. Why, you may ask? Well, it was this whisky that I hold accountable for me falling head over heels for all things Scotch (and…

I was gifted a 20cl bottle of Cragganmore 12 by my brother. He doesn't share my enthusiasm for whisky so I was surprised he went for a 12yo scotch that isn't a household name around here. Cragganmore is…

Here’s a review of something that is probably readily available. In Ontario it will set you back $80, so you get 50 cc and 2 years more than with the Benromach 10.Over the past 2-3 year I’ve gained an…