Scotch Whisky reviews

Another Lowland whisky I sampled last night. This one's a bit of a curiosity though as its a double distiller peated lowlander. So very different to the likes of Auchentoshan.NoseCampfire smoke on the…

Had this for the second time last night. From a bottle that thankfully isn't mine. It's my brother-in-laws bottle. When I once left a bottle of Springbank 10 at his house when we visited again a few…

Though macallan seems to fetch incredible prices for its older and more collectable whiskys... I remain unimpressed with almost everything they have produced at an affordable price in the last few years…

May of this year saw the release of the outstanding Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare with Brora. That it would be followed by a Blue Label centered around that other trophy malt from Diageo – Port…

I had tried this one before, but a different batch and over 5 years ago. So when my whisky buddy Benny offered me a sample of this bottle, I gratefully accepted it. The tea clipper Cutty Sark, for which…

Old Perth was initially a blend of Speyside malts (with quite a bit of Macallan) and North British grain, concocted by Peter Thomson, who lived in Perth. This is 1908. In 1993 the brand is acquired by…

The Special Releases from Diageo is something to look forward to every year. Last year, this Collectivum XXVIII was the surprise in the line-up in my book. It is a blended malt of all 28 operational…

In 1974 Sheep Dip – a pure malt which would be a blended malt today – was launched. When Whyte & Mackay acquired the Invergordon Distillery in 1993, Sheep Dip is part of the deal. But Alex Nicol – of the…

Although the label still says Seagram’s, the brand 100 Pipers was sold to Chivas (Pernod Ricard) in 2001. The blend was designed in 1965 and launched first in the States. But it was in Asia that 100…

J&B – Justerini & Brooks – is sometimes jokinly referred to as Junk & Bullshit (I admit, I am not very fond of their ‘Rare’ either, which is clearly meant only for mixing), but this Jet got me intruiged…