Scotch Whisky reviews

Lagavulin distillery officially dates back to 1816, this is when John Jonston and Archibald Campbell constructed two distilleries on the site. One of them became Lagavulin. Records show that illicit…

Nose: beeswax, marmalade, grated nutmeg. A tightly-knit aroma of sweetness and spice. Taste: wow! And intense blast of flavour greets the tongue. The sherry, malt, and oak have fused into one solid,…

“Rome was built on seven hills, Dufftown stands on seven stills”, but anyone with a brain or who still has most of his fingers, can count that there are nine of them. However it is true that there were…

As Wolfburn filled their first cask on 25th January 2013, I expect we will soon see the first single malt (the unpeated version that is, as the peated version is scheduled for a late 2017 release). The…

The panic around the pricing of the first single malt from Wolfburn – I was told 220 EUR – was much ado about nothing. Apparently that was only for a special distillery only bottle. Mortals like you and…

T&A McClelland's is a bottler with a limited range on the market, i.e. McClelland's Lowland, Highland, Speyside and Islay. The distilleries are not mentioned on the label, just the region. But when you…

It is very well possible that the Highland expression by McClelland’s is actually a Glen Garioch, but I do not have this confirmed. I base this solely on the fact that the botter is owned for years by…

Okay, my theory hits a brick wall here. For is Morrison-Bowmore is indeed the supplier for the Islay (Bowmore), Highland (Glen Garioch) and Lowland (Auchentoshan), then which Speyside malt did they lay…