Scotch Whisky reviews

This is the third release of Ardbeg ‘Almost There’, distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2007. ‘Almost There’ was the third bottling of Ardbeg’s “Peaty Path to Maturity”, following ‘Very Young’ and ‘Still…

Chieftain’s is a label from Ian Macleod Distillers – who also own Glengoyne, Tamdhun Smokehead and Edinburgh Gin, to name a few. This Glenrothes from 1997 was released in 2016. Wonderful color.Aromatic…

I taste this whisky on the 28th December 2018. So what? Well, remember that the first spirit came out of the stills at Glenrothes on 28th December 1879, so exactly 139 years ago to the day. Anyway. This…

I recently ran into my whisky buddy Laurens who offered me a sample of this young Glenrothes. Bottled in 2013 by Adelphi at a cask strength of… 66.6%. Well, this can only be a young whisky, right? Yup…

While Erik Molenaar steadily continues to distill his own spirits at his Wagging Finger distillery, his company Kintra still bottles whisky and rum. This is a Glen Garioch that he released a couple of…

Glen Garioch can be found in Old Meldrum, also known as the maltbarn of Aberdeenshire. Even today this Highlander is an important part of the famous VAT 69 blend, but it has of course a long record as…

You see them more often nowadays: whisky’s finished or matured on red wine casks from France. This Deanston from 2008 spent the whole 9 years on such a cask from Bordeaux and was bottled at cask strength…

Deanston started life as the Adelphi Cotton Mill, founded by the Buchanan brothers who were themselves in the employ of Richard Arkwrigth, the inventor of the Spinning Jenny. Fast forward to 1966 and the…

This Benrinnes appeared on the market last year, bottled by The Nectar of the Daily Drams, and is already being considered something of a legendary release. Let’s find out what the fuss is all about. The…

Belgian importer The Nectar regularly selects beautiful single casks. This is one of those from the lesser known Speysider Benrinnes, which appeared in Signatory’s Un-Chillfiltered series, but at cask…