Scotch Whisky reviews

Auchentoshan distillery is located on the outskirts of Clydebank, Glasgow just beside the Kilpatrick hills.. The distillery can be traced back to around 1800 when a distillery named as Duntocher was…

Octomore series have the highest peat levels – 208 ppm for this particular expression – in the market compared to more popular ‘Heavily Peated’ expressions from Ardbeg and Laphroaig whereas the peat…

Nose: I could easily say “bourbon” if I was doing a blind tasting, sweet oaky notes, vanilla, Amasya red apples, honey, grainy notes, it also has the flowery, light character of Irish whiskeysMouth:…

A Bunnhabhain at respectable age, that is what we will conclude our North Star Spirits tasting with. This Ileach slept for more than a quarter century on a bourbon hogshead. I am quite sure this is going…

Ardmore Distillery near Huntly still produces primarily for the famous blend Teacher’s, but is slowly but surely being promoted more and more as a single malt. The new star on the independent horizon…

Tormore is a young, but beautiful distillery. It was founded in 1958 by Long John Distillers. We are trying one of the new releases from North Star Spirits: a Tormore 27 year Old 1988 that was finished…

I must confess, I have hardly any experience with this Lowland grain whisky. This is only my fourth Port Dundas. This distillery, owned by Diageo, was closed in 2009 and the production was moved to North…

Glenrothes, near Aberlour, was built in 1878 by James Stuart, who worked for The Macallan at the time. The distillery was hit by disaster no less than three times: a fire in 1897, an explosion in 1903…

A new bottler was born in Glasgow. North Star Spirits is run by my good friend Iain Croucher, who previously worked for A.D. Rattray. He was also one of the supporters our the Save Lars Whisky and pro…

Aberlour A’Bunadh is a powerhouse sherry monster and has been among my favourites since I first started learning about and tasting whisky in January 2011. Since 2013 I’ve been opening a batch to match…