Scotch Whisky reviews

The MacPhail's Collection is, as you can no doubt guess, a label of independent bottler Gordon & Macphail. One of the bottlings in that excellent series is this Tamdhu from 1971. Mind you, this was…

This young Teaninich was bottled by Phil and Simon Thompson for the bar of the Dornoch Castle, the luxurious hotel run by their parents (and where I visit along with Dearly Beloved and Manny in September…

This Tomintoul was bottled in the famous Celebration of the Cask series. I got the sample pressed into my hands by my Dutch buddy Manny, thanks for that! The angels have been fairly greedy to say the…

It was way back in 2013 that I last tasted the Tullibardine 20. One of the exhibitors at the MEUG Rooftop Festival had a recent bottling with him and I thought it would be a good idea to revisit this…

Belgian bottler Klubb23 was able to get its hands on a special cask of Tomintoul. Monbazillac, ladies and gentlemen. A noble sweet white wine from the south of France, below Bergerac, east of Bordeaux…

Tomintoul is a young (°1964) and lesser-known distillery that is quietly working to put itself on the map. Although they still supply the vast majority of their production for the blends of Whyte &…

For my 30th meeting with this Highland distillery I chose a 26-year-old Tullibardine bottled by Cadenhead, especially for Belgian importer The Nectar. This was presented during Spirits in the Sky, the…

This is a very young Tullibardine, bottled by Scottish independent bottler Dram Mor. It matured for only 5 years on a 1st fill ex-oloroso sherry cask, which explains its tan.Interesting nose. Sweet, of…

The Belgian bottler Klubb23 bottled this young Tullibardine, aged in a port cask, for Nico Keysers, a biker. The label says it all: One life – Live it! Only 40 bottles were filled. I'm expecting a…

This relatively young Tobermory was finished on a small port cask, a Port Quarter Cask to be precise. That will undoubtedly yield a lot of sweetness. It was bottled in the so-called Exploration Series…