Scotch Whisky reviews

There are not that many official bottlings of Glenkinchie. After the 10 Year Old was replaced by the 12 Year Old there have only been a couple of Distiller’s Editions, Manager’s Choice and Manager’s Dram…

Andrew Usher, generally considered to be the father of blends, was involved with the foundation of the North British distillery in 1885. Located west from Edinburgh, it produces a massive 42 million…

Invergordon from the 1970s can be so beautiful. I already found that out with the bottlings from Liquid Art/Beacon Spirits and the XOP from Douglas Laing. This one was bottled by Daily Dram for the tenth…

At the whiskyfestival Spirits in the Sky last november, Andrew Symington offered me this sample and said I simply had to try it. Great sherried nose on dark fruit, orange marmalade, chocolate, almonds…

This Edradour spent around 9 years in a Sauternes wine cask. It was distilled in 2006, meaning it is a spirit from the era of Andrew Symington’s team (as they took over the distillery in 2002). Hence I…

You are probably aware that I have a soft spot for new make. It took quite some doing, however, to get hold of some from Edradour. It is not commercially available, so I am very happy with my little…

NOSE: hazelnuts, marzipan and fresh fruits (orange flesh, green apples, pears). Pastry cream, vanilla, orange zest and a very remote note of peat. There's a touch of that Talisker 10 / Old Pultney 12…

We trudged in single file along the narrow road leading out of Bowmore and up towards the Gaelic school. The six of us, all wearing Malt Activist t-shirts in a show of solidarity, were headed to a Dou…

Every couple of weeks I wake up with a hankering for Islay and since I don’t have the luxury of being spontaneous I do the next best thing. I go over the hundreds of pictures and videos I have in my…

This is the part where I write about how Balvenie is a super solid distillery and how David Stewart is arguably one of the best whisky makers the industry has ever seen. And that I have yet to meet a…