Scotch Whisky reviews

The review sample comes courtesy of @Rianc who kindly donated it to me.Despite the high strength I'm having this neat.NoseA clean nose. White pepper, chardonnay, briny and coastal.PalateNot a massive…

This is the 2017 edition of the cask strength Lagavulin 12-year old, a regular feature of Diageo’s yearly special releases.The nose is malty, phenolic and lightly sooty. Notes of brine and cardboard come…

I received this sample from @fiddich1980 and tasted it on two separate occasions. The first tasting was done blind (those of us who participated posted our impressions in the “Blind Tastings” thread);…

Bottle has been open about 3 months. About a quarter left.This is a very pale whisky. Natural colour. No chill filtration and bottled at 46%. So all the good stuff.NoseQuite solventy. Cut grass. A bit…

I have been a fan of Mortlach ever since I tried my first independent bottling a number of years ago. Later on, the 16-year old Flora & Fauna bottling became one of my staple malts. Which is why I was…

This is a so-called ‘First Bottling’ by Silver Seal, already put out in 2001 and by now almost extinct. I see it at auctions from time to time, but it fetches a whopping 700 to 1.000 euros. So I count…

This Enigma – which means as much as ‘mystery’ – is part of the Quest Collection, exclusive to world travelers. The series consists of the Quest, Lumina, Terra and this Enigma. It matured on European…

Remember the hype around the Macallan Edition No. 1 four years ago? Released at 90 EUR, but now being sold for a tenfold (which cannot be said about the de Edition No 2, 3 and 4). And now Macallan lau…

At Macallan they describe the Rare Cask as legendary. The Malt Master only selects the very best casks fort his vatting and in their own words only 1% of all that lies in their warehouses is good enough…

I must confess I had a soft spot for this distillery long before I began really appreciating the liquid gold. We went to Fort William a few times as kids on family holidays and I’ve had the pleasure of…