Scotch Whisky reviews

Best of Whiskies – an online shop in The Netherlands – from time to time also bottles under the banner The Duchess. You may remember the Shieldmaidens series. They have now started the so-called Game &…

Loch Fyne Whiskies is a Scottish retailer in Inveraray, that also has a shop – albeit a small one – in Cockburn Street in the capital. They regularly bottle casks exclusively for their shops. In my glass…

This is a very young Ben Nevis, bottled by Duncan Taylor in their famous Dimensions series. It’ s a single sherry cask from which they have drawn only 85 bottles, exclusive for the Dutch shop Bams.Fruity…

Loch Lomond distillery in unique in that it distills both malt and grain whiskies. Their grain - referred to internally as Rhosdhu, harkening back to the old name for their single malt "Old Rhosdhu" …

This fairly recent release celebrates the 200th anniversary of John Walker's purchase of a Kilmarnock grocery store in 1820, thus launching one of the most successful alcohol brands in history. It is…

At 7 years old, Batch 4 is a few years younger than Batch 3; otherwise, it's a similar make up of first-fill Speyside and a bunch of Islay casks. This batch shows a "distillation date" of Oct 12 2010 and…

I happen to have the last of two SMWS Peat Faerie batches around - #3 and #4. Batch 3 is a 10 year old, a blend of first-fill Speyside casks and a bunch of Islay casks (they give a distillation date of…

This SMWS release is actually an 11 year old blended malt, with a neat history: they sent the Tempest Brewing Co. (Scotland) some 1st fill Kentucky bourbon casks to fill with their "Old Fashioned" double…

I have some time off of work so perhaps now I'll get a chance to catch up on reviews! I have a lot of scotches I should get through so let's focus on that for the time being...I picked up this bottle at…

This review is from my bottle which is around 2/3 full and been open 3 weeks. I paid £65 online in the UK for the bottle (the Tamdhu 15 retails at around £75 in the UK)NoseAgain an unmistakable Sherry…