Scotch Whisky reviews

The Nectar presented this single cask of Arran from 1996 at the most recent edition of the Spirits in the Sky festival, last November. After the maginificent Arran 1996 that Manny and I bottled ourselves…

When we launched our Arran 20 Year Old 1996 for MMM, we were the first to bottle an Arran single cask at that age and at cask strength, something we are very proud of. Much later we found out that we…

When I saw this Arran from 1997 at a whisky festival, Jan Beckers – the ambassador for Douglas Laing – told me I just had to try it, so I allowed him to fill up my sample bottle. Today I took it out of…

In 2014 a limited edition of the Arran 17 Year Old was released. I find it surprisingly dark, actually.Great nose on candied fruit and brown sugar, green apples, blood oranges, a hint of pear drops,…

The 10 Year Old is part of Arran’s standard range for many years now and I have been fortunate enough (yeah, well) to try it before. I found it to be okay-ish. Let’s see what this newer release from 2014…

Nose: Sweet stewed fruit in syrup, earthy peat, but quite soft, with a nice sweet smoky edge. burnt leaves, quite earthy in a way and also dusty. not your everyday Marsala cask, but lovely. more fruit…

Not many details, but what I was able to dig out is : It was aged for 16 years in a single sherry butt before bottling in October 2017 (1st fill). It comes from a very well known family owned Speyside…

Nose: This is going to be big on wood, and the nose is really rich and woody… Lots of vanilla, wood spice, and sandalwood, with a bourbon-y edge to it (and no wonder..) Fresh cut wood shavings, sweet…

A few weeks ago Douglas Laing has added ‘The Gauldrons’ to its Remarkable Regional Malts series. If you’re wondering about the name – it literally means ‘bay of storms’. As you well know the R.Regional…

It’s been almost 7 months since I’ve tackled a review from the dozens of samples and minis I’ve accumulated. With so many to choose from, some which I will likely never taste again, it’s hard to pick.…