Scotch Whisky reviews

What can one say about Octomore that hasn't been said before? Is this whisky all about muscular posturing (my peat's bigger than yours)? Is it for peat nerds who must own every single edition (like…

This, launched in 2017, is the second of five annual "local barley" releases announced by Springbank in 2016. It comes after the first release, a 16-year old, that was brought to market in 2016. This…

I previously tasted the first three batches and recently – at a tasting in Ghent – batch 6, the most recent at this point. I had not yet been able to get my hands on batch 4 or 5. But now I’m halfway…

This limited edition for the Danish market was released in 2016 and is (for the moment?) the last one in the so-called Star Wars series. Because of the light blue label, this one was dubbed Luke Skywa…

In 2015 the successor of the so-called Darth Vader hit the market. This Yoda, because of the color of the label reminds you of the lightsaber (or is it his skin?) of the diminutive Jedi Master, matured…

I took part in a veritable Star Wars tasting at a friend’s place in January 2017. Next to an Imperial and two of my own Save Lars bottlings, three beautiful GlenDronach were opened. Those were released…

Glenglassaugh distillery is located in Speyside, close to the town of Portsoy, and was established in 1875. The distillery was sold to Highland Distillers in 1892 and remained in their possession until…

Light sweet smooth arrival warm grain, spice, vanilla and honey loaded middle develops into a mild fast vegetable finish.

Warm rich slow thick fruit loaded arrival develops a long slow mouth coating fruit and spice balanced finish.

Fiery peppery warming thick arrival followed by a red fruit and vegetable silty middle flowing into a balanced rich malty red fruit loaded finish.