Scotch Whisky reviews

Bladnoch, near Wigtown in the Lowlands, has a bit of a rough recent history. The Irishman Raymond Armstrong reopened it in 2000 but had to close it in 2014 – on the court’s order – after a dispute with…

Blackadder, the label from the foulmouthed but very funny Robin Tucek, already has some Auchentoshan on its resume. No less than 7 releases already in their Raw Cask series, which is known for the cask…

This was one of the first Auchentoshan I ever tried and I must admit that I found it a little too hot to handle at the time and thus did not really appreciate it. But that was many, many years ago. And…

Malts of Scotland has bottled quite a few beautiful Auchentoshan – and also one ugly monster, but let’s not go there – so I was pleasantly surprised when they announced this Toshan from 2000 early this…

In the 1980s, Auchentoshan offered a beautiful crystal decanter for sale exclusively on the Queen Elizabeth II – QE2 for short – the luxurious cruise ship that now is anchored somewhere in Dubai waiting…

In 2016, Auchentoshan organized the New Malt Order, a worldwide bartender’s competition. The 12 winners (from the US, UK, Germany, Canada and Sweden) were then invited to visit Rachel Barrie – then…

The next exclusive bottling for TWE i am about to review is this 22-year-old whisky which was distilled at Highland Park in 1995. The liquid was aged in a single refill hogshead (American oak). It is…

TWE have recently added some very exciting Exclusives, of which I am about to review three. The first of which is already online and is a signatory bottling, of a very popular Islay distillery – no other…

This is a review of a 6 (and a half) year old Ledaig malt from Signatory. It's the combination of two first fill bourbon barrels - NCF, natural colour and at 46% - about a third gone and open almost…

This is an abbreviated version of a post I'll publish tomorrowFor those who don't know, Compass Box buys casks of whisky from other distilleries, blends them in precise ratios, ages them further in…