Scotch Whisky reviews

I'd been quietly eyeing this one up for a while. My experiences with the 10 have been OK, decent etc but it never grabbed the way it seems to do with others - always happy to try again though . . . With…

Monarchy of the Lads is a series of single cask releases by Belgian club BYOB-C (say ‘biopsy’), which stands for Bring Your Own Bottle Club. This is their seventh release already, after the Clynelish…

Highland Park plans a new duo: The Dark & The Light. The first, which appeared at the end of 2017, symbolizes winter and autumn. The second one will then be about spring and summer and will be called The…

What can anyone say about the Glenlivet that hasn't already been said? Glenlivet is an icon. It's the biggest selling single malt in the United States and the second biggest selling single malt in the…

My first purchase of a Kilchoman having tried a few samples at a festival last year. As I'm sure you all know, Kilchoman is Islay's farm distillery and does everything on-site (I believe). Fair play…

I am writing this review from my notes. Thanks to @ Cricklewood for this generous sample.Nose: Peat, vanilla, straw, salt, sage, mint and the typical baby vomit (sour lactose). A very clean Bruichladdich…

My first review...this was my first and remains a favoritemof mine. Not too adventurous, but not too blabd, for me it falls right innthe sweet spot.

So, a unique bottling of Glengoyne that I've been given a mini of as part of a set from M&S. The bottle (70cl) is like the other OBs but this age is sold only by M&S (I believe).I opened the bottle on…

The Macallan Reflexion is probably the most expensive Macallan I have tried to date. It comes in a beautiful decanter and sports a price tag of around 1.000 EUR. The whisky does not carry an age state…

For the composition of this 3rd Edition, whisky maker Bob Delgarno collaborated with the well-known Master Perfumer Roja Dove, who had previously helped Macallan with the development of their aroma kit…