Scotch Whisky reviews

Glenmorangie Original is a good basic dram, but Astar takes a giant leap upon its shoulders and becomes truly exceptional. Dr. Bill Lumsden, master distiller, says its all in the careful choice of woods…

This is exclusive to Binny's in Chicago and is a great deal at under $60. It is a curious but scrumptuous combination of sweet peat and iodine.Real McCoy Laphroaig 7yr single cask, cask 4514, bottle 26…

Generally I am not a big fan of Glenlivet although Nadurra has changed by opinion of distillery bottlings, but this is a very nice dram.Cask strength, distilled in 1973, bottled in 1999Nose: grapey,…

Highland Park Cask 7380 private bottlingI wouldn't call this balanced but if you love the Sherry influence this is a corker. I believe this was $125 or so.Nose: sweet Palate: oily, caramel, mouth-filling…

Benromach Traditional smells like a doctor’s office. Very weak elements of peat and a vague sweetness mark the palate, but the alcohol is strong. The finish is so short and the whisky so forgettable that…

A non-chill filtered, cask-strength beauty Nose: smoke/peat, sweet, full, malty Palate: sherry, smoky, malty, slightly hot Palate with H2O: floral Rate: 90-95 WOW!To me quite different from the PC7

An amazing expression, and vastly superior to the previous Darkest edition. Matured for thirteen years in bourbon casks before being finished in oloroso sherry casks, the nose is an uncanny blend of…

The color on this is golden honey like jewel quality amber (it spent some time in a sherry cask). The nose is floral almost like a ladies perfume. I got the image of laundry drying on a line in a field…