Scotch Whisky reviews

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the first Jura I've reviewed here. Originally licensed in 1831, the Isle of Jura distillery was leased to James Ferguson, who rebuilt it in 1875. It lay…

I had been eyeing this for a while and decided to pull the trigger a few months back. Air has been beneficial for this whisky. I also tried this with a few drops of water and it really changes the cha…

Benromach 10 years old was first released in 2009 and is part of the distillery’s core range. Its maturation regime is as follows: the first nine years 80% in ex-bourbon barrels and 20% in ex-sherry…

Part of the re-vamp of the Glenrothes line, it was recently sold back to Edrington group by Berry Brothers & Rudd. They have decided to move from using vintages to age statements. Although if we follow…

I tried the 4th Edition of this Flaming Heart in 2013 and the 5th Edition in 2016. Today, the 6th Edition of this blended malt is in my glass. While the ABV remains the same, the composition is slighty…

The most recent release of enfant terrible John Glazer is this ‘The Story of the Spaniard’. Some 340 bottles were already release for The Spaniard, a cocktailbar in New York. This is the general release…

Compass Box is mostly known for their – by now classics – The Spice Tree, The Peat Monster and the likes, but John Glaser has quite a few other gems on his résumé. Take this Juveniles, for example. It…

Quite a few aficionados have signed up fort heir own cask at this young distillery. A private cask as it is called. My whisky buddy Tom Haseldonckx is one of them. He had Wolfburn fill up a bourbon…

Wolfburn already has quite a few bottlings despite the young age of their malts. Many of those are private casks and limited bottlings. This is one of those, bottled especially for the Dutch online shop…

The girls and boys from Biopsy (or BYOB-C which is the acronym for Bring Your Own Bottle Club) surprised us last year with the great range Lads of Lobland. They now return with a new series – Mobsters…