Scotch Whisky reviews

The nose is very malty and a bit zesty to begin with. After a while, notes of vanilla and butter cookies appear, followed by a touch of caramel and a good dose of smoke.The palate is medium-bodied and…

This is an abridged version of a review I posted on my blog todayBenromach's website refers to their 10 Year Old Single Malt as a "classic pre-1960s Speyside". Now I don't know what this means exactly…

Distilled at the Linkwood Distillery on 7 April 2001, this Linkwood was bottled on 24 Oktober 2014, making it 13 years old. A.D. Rattray bottled it at cask strength. The bourbon hogshead yielded 318…

Our Flemish whisky collectif selected a very young Linkwood indeed. It was distilled on 14th May 2008 and bottled on 15th May 2017. So the cask had just celebrated its 8th birthday. It matured on a…

Apart from two Glen Elgin the Flemish collectif Flander's Finest Cask Selection also bottled a young Ardmore. This one is also from the stocks by Signatory. It is bottled in the so-called Un-Chillfilt…

Our Flemish friends of Flander's Finest Cask Selection had also discovered this 30 years old Glen Elgin, that started its hibernation on 11 September 1986. It was bottled on 10th May 2017 and thus had…

Flander's Finest Cask Selection is a group of Flemish whiskyshops that have selected some casks together. This is one of those: a 21 years old Glen Elgin that was put to sleep on the 22nd December 1995…

This bottle of Glen elgin was hiding between other beauties on the table of Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis at the recent Global Spirits Expo in Antwerp. I immediately took a sample to try it in this little line-up…

This Glen Elgin, released in a beautiful decanter by Signatory in their famous Cask Strength series, was distilled on 29th November 1990 and bottled on 23rd October 2013. So it is one month shy of being…

Claxton's is a fairly new player on the market. They distinguish themselves mostly by the shape of their bottles, which reminds me more of perfume than whisky. Nevertheless, I have had the opportunity…