Scotch Whisky reviews

This is the cream label Dalmore 12 Year Old I'm talking about, bottled in the mid-1990s. I tried this from a miniature. So this is the 'old' Dalmore 12.On the nose, I sense malt, orange and sherry and…

OK, for starters, this is only the second Ardbeg I've tried, after the 10 Year Old (which is without a doubt one of the best Scotch's I've had so far). So Blasda gets a head start. And since Blasda is…

Nose: heather, vanilla, tea, distant sherry, smoke up in the noseBody: round, mellow, like a wave in the back of my troatPalate: sherry, malt, honey, nutty, peaty, long-lasting finale.Every single malt…

Once I had completed my tasting of the four Lark malts, I saw the Talisker 18 on the shelf, and thought why not?The smell is warm, filled with salt, peat, leather, smoke, and underlying hints of maple…

Nose is spicy oak and ocean iodine. Colour is a bright gold with a hint of green in it. Rich mouthfeel with significant heat from the alcohol to go with the spicy oak and vanilla flavours.

The nose is filled with old leather and tobacco, with hints of malt, wood and salt. It smells like someone dipped a well-loved pipe-smokers tobacco pouch into a dry savoury whisky.The taste is smooth,…