Scotch Whisky reviews

Aberlour has a beautiful visitor center, called the Fleming Rooms. Not only can you taste whisky there, but it’s also the gateway to Warehouse No 1, where you can bottle your own directly from the cask…

This year’s Feis Ile edition is carries no age statement, and should be fairly young. I’ve tasted the 2009,2010 (see Shai’s excellent guest post about FI 2010) editions and quite liked them, and got a…

Where do I start? I really can't put into words how amazing this stuff is. I have been a whiskey obsessor for a while now, and I work in the industry, so have had a wide range of flavours on my palette…

Nose: plenty of dry oak here that’s for sure, Kirsch liqueur, apples and a wee zest, which i can not pin point. OK, it’s nice.Palate: Tons of oak, spice, a lovely nuttiness and again the Kirsch and…

My first malt was a 10 yo Balvenie, and I fell completely in love with it. It made me aware how beautiful a malt whisky could taste. Since then I have tried multiple times to recapture the romance I…

A 30 year old bottling at 40%? that is very disappointing. at this age, and price point one would expect something at least at 46%.Nose: Takes some time to open up, and you should allow it to rest a bit…