Scotch Whisky reviews

Let me start with the fact that this new Port Ellen will cost around 5.000 EUR, which is out of this world. You do get a fantastic packaging which is a metaphor for the spirit safe, which was first…

As some of you may have seen, I picked a bottle of this up on the cheap. This is the new 14yo Quinta Ruban, upgraded from a 12yo age statement. It is aged in bourbon casks and finished in port casks. As…

I've tried a few different Port Charlottes now and have generally been very impressed. This is the latest version of the 10 year old, which looks as if it's going to be a permanent fixture - we shall…

Ah, the classic 12 years old Macallan on sherry oak… who does not long for the days when this was just a standard whisky? And the flagship of the distillery. Affordable and very good. The malt on which…

I never tried the first edition, but Edition No 2 and Edition No 3 were much to my liking. And while Edition No 5 will soon be upon us (with a bloodred label, I’ve been told), I would like to take this…

I got this bottle at the airport during a recent business trip to London. It is one of the four new Mortlach expressions introduced by Diageo in 2018, with this 14-year old being available only through…

First neat, then on ice, at home.It pours bright golden, with some greenish shades and the oily streaks that are so common in any Johnnie Walker when hit directly by light. I must say the greenish tinges…

On May 4, @cricklewood visited me while I was in Ottawa and we had a small but epic tasting. We prepared sample bottles for convenience and ended up swapping what was left of the samples. This was one…

If I didn’t know that Cadenheads don’t chill filter. I would know without a second glance at this bottle. There are literally bits floating in it... nom!If I didn’t know that Cadenheads don’t add caramel…

I have some of the 2017 Release of Lagavulin 12 Year Old - let's compare to the GoT 9 Year Old. Just for fun!The colour is a very pale straw. Grassy on the nose with very sweet peat smoke, lemon curd,…