Scotch Whisky reviews

Elixir Distillers has a series on the market that goes by the name Reserve Casks. In Parcel No. 7 you will find this Lowlander of which it is not revealed which distillery it came from. We do know that…

Ah, a golden oldie from Glenkinchie from the Diageo Special Releases of 2007, so it's been in the bottle for a while. The first ten years this Lowlander spent on refill American oak and then another ten…

This 19 year old official release of Bladnoch was put together by Master Distiller Dr Nick Savage, who quit his job at Macallan four years ago to put this Lowland distillery back on the map. The malt…

Dr Nick Savage has been working as a Master Distiller at Bladnoch since 2018. If that name doesn't ring a bell: Savage is a former Master Distiller at Macallan! But four years ago he made a so-called…

This is another one that you could only get your hands on by filling it yourself after your visit to the distillery. I got the bottle from my German friend Michael. It is a malt that matured for 9 years…

The third bottle I have open from Thompson Bros is this bottle of SRV5 (Station Road Vat #5). It is a blended malt, with the constituent malts being at least 8 years old. The Thompson Bros use a Solera…

I brought this bottle via ballot in feb this year for the very reasonable price of £45. In the photo it is the bottle on the right with a bird on the label (it is a capercaillie, which is a reference…

This review will be the first of 3 reviews of bottles from the Independent Bottler 'Thompson Bros'.For those curious about this indy bottler here is a blog piece: https://88bamboo.co/blogs/whisky-rum-gin…

Nose: Dark brown sugar melting in butter, waiting for some bananas to hit the pan. The pseudo bananas foster note is very strong for me. Candied sweet and spicy pecans. Crisp sea water is in the air.…

There are three whiskies that, in my humble opinion, show a nice waxiness and those are Clynelish, Deanston and Dailuaine. And of the latter, the latest release of Asta Morris is now in my glass, bottled…