Scotch Whisky reviews

Adelphi Bowmore, 19 years old, distilled in 1996, refill sherry cask, 214 bottles from the cask at 57.2% abv.Adelphi, where do you start? One of my favorite bottlers, I've never had a bad bottle from…

Bruichladdich's Octomore 7.4, Virgin Oak Cask, 7 years old, bottled at 61.2% at 167ppm, 12000 bottles for the world.Where does one start with this whisky?Stunning? Special? Doesn't begin to cover it for…

I “studied” hard in preparation of my first bottle of Laimrig. This was a batch I picked up in Calgary a few years ago. I was quite put off by the 12, 15, 18 year old standard bottlings so I was extre…

Renamed after James Allardice, the founder of the distillery, this is GlenDronach's third core range expression. Non chill filtered and with natural colour, it is probably the darkest single malt I've…

Insert a lame ‘dull’ joke here, ok all done. Now let’s get back to business, the name is Glendullan, one of the seven stills of Dufftown. This dram was conceived in 1985, that year was also a mayor…

'The Peat Monster' is a blended malt that has been part of Compass Box's 'Signature Range' since 2003. While it did change over the years, the composition of the current regular version that I am revi…