Scotch Whisky reviews

This sample was kindly donated by @Timp. Deanston are going about their business quite nicely and I was impressed with their OB 12 and, while not quite as good as the former, the 18 was also very nice…

My first ever sample of a Glen Ord courtesy of @wierdo. Many thanks! This is a Cadenhead's single cask offering, aged 12 years and at cask strength. It has a very light, white wine colour and I have…

'A 21-year-old peater', as The Whisky Jury describes it, but he keeps the distillery where this good dram comes from a secret. The only hint is in the barrel number: #Twj-L-1999. The L refers to one of…

Argh... Joeri, you're keeping us in suspense again by not revealing which Islay distillery this 30-year-old hails from. Anyway, then we'll leave that in the middle. Distilled in 1990, this malt can…

Wait... Another Ben Nevis from The Whisky Jury? That's already the fourth! But... the previous three were excellent, so I’m not complaining. And it's Joeri’s '2nd Anniversary Bottling', so let’s indulge…

Another Secret Speyside from The Whisky Jury, but here we can't deduce anything else from the label (the previous one was very clear, right?). The refill barrel yielded no less than 263 bottles, which…

Joeri of The Whisky Jury recently launched no less than 7 new bottles, but one of them is exclusive to Singapore (a 30-year-old Islay) and one to Japan (a 10-year-old Ledaig). So I can only discuss the…

This was a mystery sample provided by @Nozinan **Neat from a Glencairn*** Nose: Green apples, pears, honey, something slightly vegetal, with time there is a hint of sultanas coming through. With a good…

This review is from a bottle I've had open for around 2 years now. I couldn't tell you how much is left in the bottle because they're a sodding jet black colour that no light will penetrate! From the…

This review is from a sample kindly provided by @Timp. I also have a bottle of a different Octomore release open so I'll be doing a comparison between the two.Nose (neat)Pretty much exactly as you'd…