Scotch Whisky reviews

There is ample stock of independent Mortlach, to be sure. This Mortlach 2006 comes in the Exclusive Range by the Creative Whisky Company. It is only 8 years old.The nose is creamy, almost fatty. The…

Sansibar is a German independent bottler, run by Jens Drewitz. They only recently got on my radar when visiting the Whisky Festival for Independent Bottlers in Alost, Belgium. What did you expect? They…

Dram 242 is a Belgian whisky shop, run by Dirk Verleysen. In 2014 they bottled a 12 Year Old Mortlach, only 77 bottles strong, shared with the German Maltbarn.Ha! This Mortlach is immediately in your…

This is an older bottling from The Nectar of the Daily Drams. It was released in 2012 and is as good as untraceable nowadays. Let us find out if that is something to be sad about.Surprising nose. The…

The Prohibition – the so-called Noble Experiment – was repealed in 1933. This Cutty Sark was released exactly 80 years after that repeal, in 2013. Cutty Sark was one of the few whisky’s that you could…

The Cutty Sark Storm is a creation from Master Blender Kristeen Campbell. The heart is still grain whisky from North British, but the malt content is a lot bigger than in the regular Cutty Sark. It…

The Mortlach 25 Year Old is, to paraphrase ambassador Georgie Bell, like a Kruger Brut champagne. Not for everyone’s pocketbook, but also not for every day. This is something to enjoy at special occas…