Scotch Whisky reviews

About 5 years ago Fettercairn repositioned the brand as (self proclaimed) premium and in fairness it is well presented. This is my first Fettercairn expression but that’s not surprising considering 95%…

This is a beautifully packaged box and bottle. Diageo are throwing money are Mortlach as a distillery and brand and aesthetically it is money well spent.However, I don't think it is very rare or very old…

Let’s end our Littlemill session with a nice bottle from 1975. This official Littlemill was bottled for the Italian Aldo Zini Import. The label proclaims proudly ‘100% pure Malt’, which we call single…

With looks of an elapsed 1960’s vacation resort and a silly Gaelic name that translates to ‘the Burn of Milk’, Allt-A-Bhainne sure had its drawbacks from the very beginning. But that need not be the…

I drank my glass with a few drops of water. Actually, I use a dropper to get the attenuation just right. In my case, I prefer to add just enough drops to keep a bit of the sting on my tongue but not so…

I have tried a couple of club bottlings from the Belgian ‘Tongerse Whiskyvrienden’, like their Caol Ila 1990, Kilchoman 2009, Laphroaig 1997 and more recently Highland Park 1994. They were gems, all of…

Littlemill, the long gone Lowland distillery, almost never disappoints. North Sea Bottlers is a collaboration between the Belgian wine house Douchy and whisky shop Anverness and their firstborn is this…

Caperdonich distillery is located at the northern end of Moraytown Village in Rothes and began its existence in 1897 under the name “Glen Grant #2”. It was founded by J. & J. Grant, the same people that…