Scotch Whisky reviews

Nose: fresh and soft with lots of fruit, especially plums. At first sniff, could almost be mistaken for some type of European brandy. Light vanilla and citrus. Smooth and appealing. Taste: an imme…

Here is a condensed version of my next blog post, an overdue review of a sample graciously provided by @Robert99.Yet another Octomore review, this is the first .3 iteration of the series,100% Islay…

So this is a bottle of Bunnahabhain 12 (small batch distilled). I don't know much about this new release /packaging. Perhaps, it's just a marketing gimmick. Let's get right down to business. NOSE: smoke…

Glenfarclas has never disappointed even though heavily sherried whiskys aren't always my favourite style. The 15 seems a perennial favourite with many and I have sat on this bottle for almost two years…

This is the 4th 'Black Art' edition, a 23-year old Bruichladdich from 1989 that was released in 2013 with a total outturn of 6,000 bottles. I have opened my bottle to enjoy over the Christmas holidays…

Nose: Quite gentle, with a whiff of smoke, sea-spray (it’s a maritime mix of malts, from the Islands after all), gentle brine, and black pepper, and some oak which gives away the actual age of this, and…

Nose: soft and subtle. A delicate, warm sherry note is noticeable first. Then there is a light salty, smoky aroma, like smoked bacon. This is not a peaty aroma by any means, but the smoke is there if…

When I visited the Caol Ila Distillery in September 2017, the new Distillery Exclusive was poured. It is the first time that Caol Ila used whisky that has matured on red wine casks. ‘Wanna try?’ the…

I tried this 15 year old Caol Ila at a festival in Antwerp a few weeks ago. I was sold from the get-go. It was the best thing I tasted that day. Owner Davide Romano and I spoke about Valinch & Mallet for…

David Stirk’s Creative Whisky Company recently launched the series Single Cask Exclusives, which do not reveal the distillery. Well, sorta. There is a cask reference. In this case it’s LNB. That is short…