Scotch Whisky reviews

In the Cask Strength Collection, Signatory from Pitlochry bottles single casks at cask strength. In this case I will try a Blair Athol from 1989, that still retains an ABV of 50% after 22 long years on…

This Blair Athol is a quarter of a century old and was bottled by the Dutch Van Wees. It is a refill sherry butt that yielded no less than 394 bottles at drinking strength. It is very, very dark, reve…

This is what the Bruichladdich website describes this bottling as. What does that mean? For that matter, what do any of the overtly-descriptive tasting notes mean on their site, anyway? I've mentioned…

This Blair Athol has been sitting in the bottle for more than ten years. I scored the sample a little over a year ago. It was distilled in 1976 when I was just a small boy. This Highlander is no less…

The nose on this opens up quite sweetly but peat and salt are apparent almost immediately afterwards. It becomes slightly bitter with mineral edges after a few minutes. Peatiness remains strong but the…

Got Strathisla 12 here today. Not a well known, big time distillery. And with only a 12 year old as its core range, we can assume much of this goes into Chivas blends (Apparently it’s the Chivas Bros.…

It’s Glengoyne’s 15 year old today. I’ve tried more from their older lineup than I have the new one. Despite its many fans, the brand’s always been hit or miss for me. Let’s see which this is.Nose:…