Scotch Whisky reviews

Springbank Longrow CV was recently recommended to me and I like it, a LOT! I think the nose is its strongest feature. Smoke and peat but not like Ardbeg, much more grassy and yet coastal. Don't add water…

My first Auchentoshan, but not my first Lowland whisky as I have previously sampled Edinburgh’s Glenkinchie 12 Year Old at the beginning of my journey (Whisky Discovery #3).This is January 2012’s offi…

Laphroaig 10 is wonderful. It has everything you want in an Islay malt: peat, sea salt, and sweetness. It makes me think of shooting raw oysters. With the powerful flavors of this whisky, I find that a…

Sheep Dip is a unique vatting, now blend of several cask made up of single malt whiskies selected from six distillery islands. the six islands are islay, jura, mull, orkney, skye and arran. It has a dark…

An Cnoc has to be pronounced with a couple of silent letters, I remember being told that at Pure Festival last year and it does highlight this on the bottle too, however now I’ve typed that I realise…

I saw this whisky as a bit of a random purchase really, I like the standard Auchentoshan malts and thought I should take a punt on the Valinch due to its name really!It’s a very light yellowy-brown…

This is an absolutely super whisky. The word "balance" is used frequently to describe whiskies and HP12 is the perfect example. HP12 has smoke, sweet, and floral (heather?) elements all playing nice…

Sherried whiskies can be an acquired taste I suppose, and at times I think it can be limited to the less wider-known malts. However Glenmorangie have the Lasanta, which is easily obtainable at a pretty…