Scotch Whisky reviews

Coleburn is only a stone’s throw away from Longmorn and BenRiach, so in the heart of Speyside not to far from the town of Elgin. It has been closed since 1985. There are no official bottlings (bar a Rare…

Often in the shadow of its Campbeltown neighbour, Glen Scotia seems to have had a bit of renaissance in recent years. From their new range I have previously tried their 16YO green bottle; this is the…

Our third Burns Day malt (all of which I purchased at Scotch Whisky Auctions, by the way) is a blended malt from Douglas Laing called Big Peat. Many of you are familiar with that, but this is a small…

Next up is the First Edition of the Bruichladdich 10 Year Old. Note that this is not the current bottle design, but a slightly older one (but distilled no earlier than December 2000 when the distillery…

Last night the LCBO put on a scotch tasting that featured two new Macallans: the Rare Cask and the No. 6, both very good. The Rare Cask was fairly spicy, while the No. 6 was much subtler and quite ext…

This is from the ‘Small Batch’ release from Oct ’14 if I remember correctly. I had never tried a Glentauchers before, but am far more likely to go out on a limb and try a smaller distillery if it is…

This whisky was another weeknight surprise session on the same night I tasted Glendronach 8A few weeks back I got a taste of Ballantyne's 17 & it was a pretty great dram (I didn't take any notes). I was…