Scotch Whisky reviews

Matured in oloroso casks for 13 years this is one of 9000 bottles released last year under the Hazelburn name - Hazelburn being the triple distilled whisky made at Springbank.Review is neat but has sat…

To be upfront, I am admittedly a huge Benromach fan. I am a huge fan of that old-world style. They are akin to a Springbank in Speyside clothing, if you will.Nose: Right off the bat you get the sherry…

On ice at Hesperia Hotel, Madrid. It pours dark golden with some greenish streaks. Aroma is quite intense: vanilla, spruce, smoke, corn flakes, even some fig. Mouthfeel starts like a horse kick, really…

As far as I know, this is the first time ever that Auchentoshan offers a Californian Red Wine Cask as the distillery exclusive. I know that my beloved Lowlander has something of a love affair with red…

Malts of Scotland – the German independent bottler – found a beauty of a sherry hogshead in the warehouse, that was filled with my favorite Lowlander’s triple distilled spirit in 2000. The Auchentoshan…

CWS is short for Chief Whisky Society, a whisky club from China. They selected this single oloroso sherry cask as an exclusive to their members. If it were not for my new friends in Taiwan, I do not…

In January I visited Taiwan (business trip with Catawiki). At the airport of Taichung – ready to come back home – I suddenly saw a bottle in the duty free range that was smiling at me. I had not seen it…

It is not an easy feat to find this edition of the Auchentoshan Bartender’s Malt, for it was only launched in Russia – a very import grow market for the brand – and is actually single sherry butt #134…

I felt the first Bartender’s Malt was somewhat mediocre and should be seen only as a malt to be used in cocktails. Last year the second edition finally arrived, again the result of a so-called New Malt…

Auchentoshan has a love affair with red wine casks from the Bordeaux region. Proof is this single cask from which you could bottle your own at the end of 2018. I first tried it at the Whisky Fair in…