Scotch Whisky reviews

This BenRiach is part of the Single Cask Release Batch #13. Almost 700 bottles strong, but you know that a sherry puncheon is quite a big cask. The whisky matured for 16 years.The nose is surprisingly…

Premium Spirits, the former Belgian importer under the stewardship of the always charming Claudia Hamm, selected this bourbon cask matured Benriach, which yielded 220 bottles at cask strength. Sweet malt…

Premium Spirits is the former Belgian importer of BenRiach. So it comes as no surprise that from time to time a cask is bottled for them. This port cask yielded 274 bottles at cask strength. The copper…

I am not very fond of the BenRiach Curiositas to be honest. That probably explains why I have not tried it since 2010. My buddy Pat gave me a sample from a more recent bottling and told me to give it…

This is the first 25-year old Laphroaig, released in 2007. It was matured in both ex-bourbon barrels and second-fill ex-Oloroso sherry puncheons that were handpicked by master blender Robert Hicks.The…

There is some whisk(e)y that are very good but not flashy in anyway. When you are drinking one of them, you may say to yourself that it is better than you were expecting even if you have known it for…

I've been chipping away at this one for almost a couple of months now and it is a bit of a chameleon malt. I feel I could review this tomorrow and have a distinctly different take on it.This is from a…

Benromach 10 years old 100 Proof was first released in 2014 and is part of the distillery's core range. Its maturation regime is as follows: 80% in ex-bourbon barrels and 20% in ex-sherry hogsheads, with…

Like many distilleries, Arran too has a peated version, that was dubbed Machrie Moor, named after the peat fields on the island. The label shows Bran, a dog that – as legend would have it – was chained…

When I tried the first Arran Devil’s Punch Bowl, now more than 4 years ago, I was qutie impressed. Unfortunately I missed the second release, but thanks to my buddy Manny I was able to get a generous…