Scotch Whisky reviews

In their new series ‘Five Virtues’, Tomatin offers some NAS releases, cut to 46%. The series consists of the Earth, Fire, Metal, Water and Wood. I had the chance to pick up two of those and will put them…

In their new series ‘Five Virtues’, Tomatin offers some NAS releases, cut to 46%. The series consists of the Earth, Fire, Metal, Water and Wood. I had the chance to pick up two of those and will put them…

In light of the success of the Cù Bocàn, Tomatin has also released a couple of special edition of this peated malt. This is one of those, bottled in 2016 at a slightly higher ABV of 50%.While the smoke…

During the last week of each year Tomatin used peated malt in their production run. So this is quite exceptional and yields some 60.000 liters per year. This is later bottled as Cù Bocàn, named after the…

Never in my wildest dreams had I dreamed of trying this one before I actually bumped into it at this whisky festival on Saturday. The price tag of about 700$ is really too expensive for me, so I am…

This Springbank will start off my next 8 reviews of the whisky I was so fortunate to try at a Moscow Whisky Festival (2017). I am a big fan of the OB Springbank 10, and so I thought I'd try this special…

This is an exerpt of a blog post I wrote awhile back. I can't believe I never shared it hereIf you're close to my age, you undoubtedly remember the Nintendo game "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out". The premise was…

Invergordon was founded in 1959 and is the only grain distillery not to be found in the Lowlands. The owners are Whyte & Mackay who also own Dalmore which is only the proverbial stone’s throw away.…

Bowmore Tempest was first released in 2009. It is matured exclusively in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks and bottled at cask strength. This review looks at batch no. 3 that was released in 2011.The nose…

Originally, Gordon & Macphail released this Glen Grant 1955 in 2012. It matured for no less than 57 years. It is a single sherry butt that yielded 484 bottles. On the 4th September 2017 Gordon & Macphail…