Scotch Whisky reviews

The Uigeadail is named after the Loch from which the distillery takes its water for production and means ‘dark, mysterious place’. You pronounce it ‘OOG-a-dal’. It was matured on both bourbon and sher…

Ardbeg doesn’t really need an introduction, so I’ll save myself the trouble. This Ardbeg Corryvreckan (NAS) has a beautiful gold color with a green sheen and a great viscosity. I am sampling the standard…

Nose: it shares the same elements as the 2009 edition: oily peat, pepper, tobacco and a touch of citrus and apple. There are bigger notes of graphite and phenols / gouache paint in the 2009 edition. On…

I tasted the 2010 twice now, it is very young and overly soapy. Like the Blasda but with peat - or like a combination of: a) the first Supernova release b) Rollercoaster (which I like quite a bit) c) a…

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: Well, before we even open the bottle, we know that we're dealing with one of the oldest names in Speyside aristocracy, so much so that it…

Keywords : fruity, earthy, peaty, woody, bitter, waterBalance : Very GoodFinish : Medium-Long, intense

Caol Ila is the largest distillery on the island of Islay, situated on the coast with a nice view of Jura on the other side of the Sound of Islay. The warehouses, three levels high, are filled with the…

Keywords: Musty, earthy, fruity, paint, solvent, dry, dunnage warehouseBalance: Medium - the musty-earthyness is dominantFinish: Medium-shortI like musty-earthy whiskies