Scotch Whisky reviews

Neither Signatory nor The Nectar need an introduction, I think. So we’ll skip those pleasantries and move on to the bottle at hand: a Glenturret from 1988 that matured for no less than 29 years and was…

Glenturret boasts being the oldest distillery of Scotland – founded in 1775 under the name The Hosh – and is the spiritual home of The Famous Grouse. In 2015 Glenturret jumped on the NAS-bandwagon with…

Edrington sold their Black Bottle to Burn Stewart in 2003. They created the Black Grouse as a replacement and went a step further in 2012 with this Black Grouse Alpha Edition. It contains even more peaty…

The Naked Grouse was reinvented last summer. It still comes in the same beautiful bottle, but now it is a blended malt (so no grain in the mix) and composed only of sherry matured whisky. Insiders claim…

Glenmorangie The Tarlogan is from the Legends Series, and is sold in Travel Retail stores. The reviewed bottle was sampled when freshly opened and then 5 weeks after opening. I thank @Maddie for the…

Anyone who knows me, even those who don't like whisky, are aware of my slightly irrational love for Lagavulin. So I'll try to be objective, but you've been warned. Thanks to @Nozinan for the reviewed…

I’ve had this bottle for a couple years, and had not had any for quite some time, so I decided to go back and give it another try. I had it neat, and it pours a light golden straw color. The pour is thin…

It's a dreary, rainy holiday Monday afternoon so we need something strong and peaty.This is a cask-strength version of Compass Box's Peat Monster, bottled in 2013 for the 10th anniversary of the standard…

Just wonderful!! Never would I think mellow would apply to Laphroaig, but to me it does to this expression. The nose is honey, mossy and peaty, with some light (as yet unidentifiable) undertones. The…

The Duthac is a Travel Retail product from the Glenmorangie Legends Series. The Duthac has no age statement and was finished in Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks and new oak barrels. I thank @Maddie for samples…