Scotch Whisky reviews

The label proclaims that "The first 10 years are the toughest." Indeed. For the new owners of the distillery, their first ten years must have seemed interminable: awaiting the release of their own mat…

For my first venture into the Springbank range I thought I’d start with the standard 10 year old. Lightly peated and 2 and half times distilled, this is matured 60:40 in bourbon and sherry casks respe…

Nose: vibrant vanilla, caramel sauce, diced pears in syrup. Sweet and fruity, with a creamy, rich warmth. Enticing! Taste: this is a lighter style of Scotch but it still comes across with a rich caramel…

Nose is full of peat - notes of tar (which I always get from Ardbegs, though it is less pronounced here than the 10yo for example), grapefruit & seaweedSalt & sour attack of fruitiness on the palate,…

A few years ago Glenlivet released their 16 year old "Nadurra" (Gaelic for "natural"), a non-chill filtered cask strength whisky. This newer edition of the Nadurra range is NAS and matured exclusively…

nose, sweet with honey, port and vanilla. pallate. smooth and silky and port carries through from the nose. finish is quite long

NOSE: at first typical speyside array of aromas, sherry, lovely orange zest, vanilla, cinnamon caramel.TASTE: really big on spice, pepper in particular, which transforms into wonderful speyside sweetness…