Scotch Whisky reviews

I tasted the 20-year-old version of the Spica from North Star Spirits, a very nice and tasteful blend of this bottler that won prizes again in 2021. But today we go a step further and taste a 29-year…

My whisky buddy Manny brought a bottle with him on his last visit. It involved a very young Ben Nevis that spent barely 6 years on a very active 1st fill oloroso sherry butt. The cask still yielded 588…

'Dark Side of the Honey Spoon'... who comes up with these things? That's what the boys and girls of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society do for each of their bottlings, because the name of the distillery is…

Klubb23 had her eye on this young Ben Nevis that was finished for 7 months in a sherry octave, a small cask where the interaction between the spirit and the wood intensifies. Funny detail: the label…

Ardnamurchan are a new distillery owned by the independent bottlers Adelphi. Adelphi have a lofty reputation as 'Indys' famed for sourcing good casks. Particularly Sherry casks. Their bottles tend to…

This tasting is from the batch bottled June 11, 2018 - just a year after Billy Walker took control of the distillery and represents one of his earliest efforts. This whisky was matured in virgin oak,…

Recently, The Barrel Baron – Dutch independent bottler Marcel Kip – bottled two sister casks from Campbeltown, Cask 88 and Cask 88A. The spirit was distilled in 2014 at an unnamed Campbeltown distillery…

Recently, The Barrel Baron – Dutch independent bottler Marcel Kip – surprised us with two sister casks from Campbeltown, Cask 88 and Cask 88A. The spirit was distilled in 2014 at an unnamed Campbeltown…

I think you can safely say that I am a fan of Nc'nean. I've tasted the first ten batches and it's become a bit of a daily sipper. So accessible and pleasantly priced that I can drink it daily without any…

BYOB-C, or 'biopsy' or Bring Your Own Bottle Club, recently launched two releases that belong together, given that the labels form a beautiful whole. Anarchy of the Lads, it says on the labels. One…