Scotch Whisky reviews

We tried this at the 2011 Feis Ile and bought a bagful of bottles, one of which we dropped as soon as we got home. Damn! Still, it means we had to drink the remains. Damn!!Nose: Like a peaty lemsip,…

Te Bheag (Apparently pronounced: "chey vek") is a blended "gaelic whisky" - as the label asserts - which is very much a west coast highland blend. There is no age statement, but the label clearly states…

I tasted this in the Jura Hotel and fell in love with it, so I bought a bottle, and now have to go back to get the free tasting at the distillery that comes with the bottle. This simply stunning:Nose:…

This Laphroaig is very pale, bottled by the Whisky Agency in their 'Liquid Library' range. It was distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2011 at the age of 12. The pale color leaves no doubt: this was an ex…

Burnfoot appears to be a release for the travel market, as I don't seem to be able to find it anywhere else. The bottle comes with no age statement, and the packaging contains a load of bumf about the…

Nose is perky with cherry, coconut and pineapple laced with brown sugar syrup. Very light character. Taste is drenched with juicy summer stone fruits, cherry, apricot, and peaches wrapped in spearmint…

The Benrinnes 15yo Flora & Fauna from Diageo is a very fine whisky indeed. Tripple distilled, this whisky is silky smooth, sweet and exotic.Benrinnes is a very classy whisky and takes a lot of beating…

Let's do another head-to-head tasting with two Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength, one bottled in 2009, the other in 2010. Since February 2009, Laphroaig adorns it's labels with batch numbers. We are…