Scotch Whisky reviews

I finally decided to open my bottle of Old Pulteney 21-year old that I had been stacking away since 2017. It was matured in fino sherry (one third) and refill bourbon casks (two thirds) and was discon…

Maybe regional designations don't matter much anymore, but I tend to think of "typical" Speyside whisky as honey-flowers-cinnamon-vanilla-raisins and this Craigellachie is a bit different. It's from a…

I've been drawn to heavy, guitar-driven music as long as I can remember. From Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Pantera, and even AC/DC, louder was always better when I was learning to play. Looking back…

I had been no less than 4 years since I last tried the Balvenie Tun 1509. I thought that was great. By now even the 6th batch has been released. But allow me to try the second one. The tun 1509 is four…

The Balvenie Thirty, the 30 years old from this well-known Speyside distillery, was launched in 2014. I had the fortune of trying this at the whisky festival in Ghent. The label proudly claims ‘Tradit…

Balvenie has some 40 different single casks of their 25 years old on the market. I was fortunate to try single barrel #3160 that was bottled at 47.8%. It says Traditional Oak, which is Balvenie-speak for…

I have an active imagination. I often end up thinking about stupid fantasies.How would I fortify my house in the event of a zombie apocalypse?So I'm watching one of my favourite films John Carpenter's…

WARNING: this is longer than most of the reviews I tend to post hereWhen we talk about the Scottish highlands, we tend to think of independence, natural beauty, and bellicose, if often taciturn indivi…

This is already the fifth cask of Miltonduff bottled by German company Malts of Scotland. I am ashamed to say that I have only tried one of those so far (the 2004 on sherry, which was released in 2015…

Here is another unique whisky from the Belgian club McShelfie. Remember the Stairway to Orkney, in which they transferred some 50 liters to an oloroso sherry octave? They did they exact same with this…