Scotch Whisky reviews

In May 2011 I tasted a sistercask of this one, the Longmorn 21 Year Old 1969/1991 (cask #3716/3717) at a cask strength of 61%. That one was amazing, so the expectations for this one are very high.The…

Nose is slightly vanilla, moving to butterscotch and banana. Very light at first impression. The first taste echos the butterscotch on the nose and again ridiculously light bodied and fresh. Surprising…

This Tomatin was a gift from a friend. It was distilled in 1977 (the year Star Wars premiered) and bottled in 1998. There is hardly any OBE discernable here, even though it has been held captive in the…

A new year, and a new AnCnoc, good news, and always something worth waiting for. As in last year, AnCnoc are releasing a new vintage, limited as it is, a few more bottles have been released this year and…

On April 30th 2010, I was introduced to the Carn Mor Vintage Collection from the Scottish Liqueur Center. The series consists 24 different malts from 24 different casks, 24 distilleries and 24 different…

I have a considerable backlog of malts from the Single Malt Whisky Club (Australia) who essentially would send me (and bill me for!) a different bottle every month, usually something that you can’t just…

The first time I tasted this Tomatin 25 Year Old was at a Tomatin Tasting with the very funny Graham Nicholson, back in April 2011. It was so good that I purchased the remainder of the bottle to take…