Scotch Whisky reviews

1. I am one year old. a wee baby, and at the same moment, some lovely spirit is distilled thousands of miles away on the isle of Jura. who would have thought i would be tasting it 35 years later ha? Lucky…

The Cailean Maclean Postcard EDN. in a handsome flip-top box: Very much an old school Talisker. The most delicious Talisker in a very long time. Smooth & captivating and I'm sure, tasted blind would be…

Nose: Less peat and smoke than the 12, but certainly not subtle, green tea, charcoal and wood chips, pine needles, sawdust, bitter mint, some brown sugar, highly unripe strawberries, bandages.Taste:…

This Auchentoshan, that was finished on a Mourvèdre wine cask after its regular maturation of 8 years on a bourbon cask, and bottled by Murray McDavid at the Bruichladdich Distillery’s bottling plant.…

Nose: Burning peat, cayenne pepper, sweet and spicy chipotle peppers, salted pork skins with the fat attached, charred lemons, a raging campfire, heavily smoked fish, buttered burnt toast. Water brings…

Time for another of Master of Malts latest single casks.This was distilled on the 22nd January 1991, and was aged in a first fill bourbon barrel for 20 years before bottling in March 2011. A single cask…

Sampled without water in a Glencairn glass. Good strong but slim legs (think Steffi Graf).Colour : StrawNose: An initial peppery smell with a faint orangeness in the background. Quite rich and pungent…

Sampled (or should I say endured) in a Glencairn without water(although I had a few good mouthfuls afterwards). The legs were the best part, strong and thick like a Samoan rugby players. Colour: Mucky…