Scotch Whisky reviews

This bottle, or the bottom third of this bottle (as it were), was a gift from my wife's grandfather, Jack. I'm the only one who drinks scotch with him, and he doesn't like having too much of it in the…

The GlenDronach 16 Year Old Platinum is a little known release from this Speysider which, next to a general release, also saw a special release for Germany, Taiwan and South Africa. Thanks to The Bonding…

The GlenDronach is hailed by many is one of the best malts this Speyside distillery has brought to the market. The fact that some releases contain much older whisky – because of depleted stocks of 15…

Glenfiddich accounted for 12.3% of all single malt sales worldwide in 2017 (source Malt whisky yearbook 2019), and is one of the biggest single malt distilleries operating these days. We all know their…

Auchroisk (pronounced ‘o-thrusjk’) is one of the lesser known distilleries, founded in 1974 to create bulk malt for the blenders with Justerini & Brooks as primary client. Luckily it is sometimes also…

The Diageo Special Releases are back! Always a bit of a feast for whisky lovers, I think. I’ll try one of them, but one that was released several years ago. This Cragganmore 1988 was released in 2014…

Arran is a top 3 distillery for me. Possibly my favorite. Out of the 14 whiskies I have right now, 4 are Arran. Needless to say, I like Arran. This 12yo CS has been on my wish list for a while and I…

A naturally coloured whisky from a distillery which advertises the fact that it has the slowest stills in Scotland. Olorosso sherry casks are used in maturation.NoseA soft waft of vanilla and caramel…

A recent gathering by my local whisky club hath reminded me of the title verse from a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, and during a quiet night session with this 25 year malt, I couldn't agree more... for…

Four like-minded people with a preference for all things good in life get together to create this Arran à la Belge. Wait… what? It is an Arran with a Kriek beer finish. The malt was distilled on 11…