Scotch Whisky reviews

Today’s official Mortlach 25 Year Old will set you back about 600 to 800 EUR for 50cl. Luckily the independent bottlers have not lost their mind (yet) and therefor you can buy this bottle – if you can…

Jonny is a whiskybuddy that I met several months ago at a tasting that I hosted in Antwerp. Since then, we have exchanged a couple of drams. But when Jonny presented me with ‘his’ Mortlach, I gladly…

I know that prices and availability vary; so my mentioning it may seem pointless to some. Just to clarify, I find it helpful and interesting; and I make no bones about price playing a small part in my…

Time flies, and today we’re actually tasting a Port Charlotte aged15 years! I remember the ones released at 5 and 6 years of age – they were stunning. With time the PC has evolved , and we’ve seen many…

The Perfect Dram is an imprint of The Whisky Agency, one of the best independent bottlers active today. This one is a Glengoyne, filled in an ex-bourbon cask in 1972, matured for 38 years and bottled in…

Two new NAS whiskes have been released recently by HP, one is the ‘Dragon Legend’ intended for the EU market, and the ‘Magnus’, especially made for the US market. Both are different mostly as the ‘Dr…

Ledaig single malt whisky is produced at Tobermory distillery on the Isle of Mull. Its name apparently comes from the original name for the region, Ledaig, that means 'safe haven' in Gaelic.The nose…

Was at a festival recently, my first, and amongst some absolute crackers, such as an indi Port Charlotte 12, a 42 single grain Invergordon, Glengoyne 21 and an indi bottling of Octomore, this one still…

The standard Black Label was always my whisky of choice after a few beers, usually swamped with ice and knocked back pretty quickly. Oh how I've changed ;) I still think the 12 BL is a solid blend but…

Just to be clear from the offset - I can't pretend to not have a deep, almost scared, affinity with this whisky so I will try extra hard to be objective and provide clarity of my experience.This was the…