Scotch Whisky reviews

Equating latitude with alcohol content seems quite a clever bit of marketing to sell a young NAS almost cask strength whisky at a moderately inflated price or am I just an old cynic. It’s a good line if…

The Constellation Collection is quite unaffordable – and let me open the debate by stating that it cannot ever live up to the price – but nevertheless these are all fantastic whiskies as I was able to…

I scored this sample of Dalmore new make at the Spirits in the Sky festival in Belgium in November 2014. Since it is not commercially available, I will keep my notes short – I think.The typical smell of…

A couple of weeks ago I had a little gathering at my place (well, maybe not so little). @thecyclingyogi was kind enough to bring this single cask BenRiach. Distilled from peated malt in 1985, it was…

When nosing this whiskey, I can't help thinking that I'm smelling a really good blend. It reminds me of Teacher's, except it has an extra roundness, affability, and maltiness that sets it apart from the…

This was a heel that was left at a little whisky gathering I had a couple of weeks ago (sorry, I don't remember who brought it...)This is the fourth edition of their Machrie Moor, "The Peated Arran Malt"…