Scotch Whisky reviews

Springbank likes to experiment with casks. For this young malt they used Gaja Barolo wine casks. Barolo is an Italian red wine, in this case casks from the cellars of the world famous (for wine lovers…

The reviewed bottle has been open for 2 1/2 years, and is 40% full. I have been sampling from it from the time of its openingNose: sherry wine grape and dark fruit flavours, lots of vanilla, lots of wood…

Look, if you are a whisky shop and you dare come out with an Edradour bottling, then you are either in possession of bad taste or good humor. At least, that is what I would have said a couple years ago…

We just tried the Glen Scotia 1991 ‘Strawberry Ganache’ by Wemyss and put that head-to-head with this Glen Scotia 1991 ‘Merchant’s Mahogany’s Chest’, which was bottled a year later. The similarities…

Bruichladdich Scottish Barley has no age statement, was matured exclusively in bourbon barrels, and is unpeated. Bottle code: 12 02 14. The reviewed bottle was opened 3 days agoNose: Barley. What else…

The Springbank 25 Year Old is rather rare (not more than 1.200 bottles in 2014) and contains whisky that spent 25 long years in bourbon casks before getting a finish on port pipes. It has not been on the…

Malts of Scotland and The Whiskyman collaborate intensely. After all, The Whiskyman is the importer/representative of Malts of Scotland in Belgium. It comes as no surprise that an exclusive bottling was…

I've gotta admit, this is my kind of Scotch. The nose is bursting with tropical fruit: first banana, then watermelon and pineapple. I get hints of bubblegum at times. Very sweet, very approachable. As…