Scotch Whisky reviews

Hazelburn was a distillery in Campbeltown that produced exactly 100 years, from 1825 to 1925. And while she has now been closed for nearly a century, a single malt of the same name has been produced at…

Campbeltown Commermoration is a series from the 1980s by Eaglesome Ltd, consisting of 5cl miniatures. It is an homage to the different distilleries from Campbeltown such as Albyn, Ardlussa, Argyll,…

This 17 Year Old Springbank matured solely on sherry casks and was bottled at cask strength. It appeared early 2015 and is quite hard to find nowadays (there were only some 9000 bottles worldwide after…

In 2014 Springbank released 2 malts that were distilled from organic barley. However – contrary to some other distilleries – Springbank did not get the certifications to put ‘organic’ on their labels,…

I have tried previous batches of Springbank CV and must say, I was not impressed. A good whisky, sure, but far from outstanding for this legendary Campbeltown distillery. But when a 2013 release sample…

@Talexander’s recent review of an SMWS Ardmore reminded me that:1. I haven’t done a review in a while.2. I’ve had this bottle for years and have not yet reviewed it.I picked this up in (probably) 2011…

I recently took the plunge and joined the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (I think I just got bored of seeing the same bottles on the LCBO shelves every time I dropped in). They send you a "starter kit" which…

The German Malts of Scotland bottled its first Glenburgie in 2017. They went ahead and bottled two casks: a bourbon hogshead from 1995 and a sherry hogshead from 2008. I will try the oldest of the two…

Here is another one of those casks selected by – and bottled fort he 10th Anniversary of – Belgian importer The Nectar. This Glenburgie – the so-called fingerprint malt of Ballantine’s – came from the…

Glenburgie is not a dram that is top of mind, for it is hardly put out as a single malt by the owners. The create this malt especially for blending, with Ballantine’s as the main client. One of the few…