Scotch Whisky reviews

This Limited Release from Bunnahabhain was distilled on the 24th March 2003 and bottled on 21st June 2017, making it a 14 year old. It matured on 2nd fill sherry casks and was then finished for 3 (!)…

The adventure of the Smoking Buffalo started in 2011 with the release of a 10 years old Bowmore. Now the 9th edition has appeared in this series of peaty malts in honor of Belgium’s first class football…

Glenmorangie have been releasing a “private edition” release yearly for the last 8 years, and this year’s 9th edition has been announced yesterday (and leaked label has been around for quite a few months…

Aultmore is a lesser known Speysider that was only ‘revived’ a couple of years ago by owners Dewar’s & Sons in the so-called The Last Great Malts series. For Mark & Manny’s Malts it is an honor to be…

Because its whisky is used primarily for blending purposes (in this case by Chivas Bros.), Braeval is one of those seamlessly endless Speysiders that escape the notice of many malt drinkers. I have been…

This a preview of an upcoming blog postAultmore was once found mostly in the blended whiskies of John Dewar & Sons (Dewar's White Label, Dewar's 12 Year Old, Dewar's 18 Year Old). It was rarely enjoyed…

This is my first encounter with any Jura which, when I think about it, is a bit surprising: As kids we had quite a few holidays on the west coast of Scotland and my Dad was a keen fisherman back then…

This is, to my knowledge, my first re-review of a whisky from a single production line. Not only is it from the same batch, but also from the same bottle. I originally tried this in June 2014 and…

This whisky was a gift from my wife, but I’ll attempt to be objective nonetheless. Depending on which online source you trust, this young Bowmore is anywhere from 3 to 7 years old. There are a lot of…

To those of a similar vintage to me you may remember the character Man-E-faces from He Man. This whisky makes me think of him as it is such a changeable one and is so hard to pin down. Like @wierdo…