Scotch Whisky reviews

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…

Glenturret 10yo isn't the most consistent whisky but still it offered glimpses of greatness. And even when it wasn't gleaming, it managed to be a good dram. Nicely earthly and fresh on the nose and…

This Morlach was released by Carn Mor under their Strictly Limited banner and is a vatting of two bourbon hogsheads, which resulted in a whopping 652 bottles at drinking strength. I previously tasted a…

The German bottler Duitse Malts of Scotland has bottled four Linkwood so far, but this is their oldest yet. And for me, it is the oldest I have ever tried from this Speyside distillery. Let me get right…

Since Mortlach has been relaunched as a premium whisky (and thus premium prices) I prefer to look for independent bottlings. For example, the new official Mortlach 18 Year Old is more expensive than this…

Ardbeg on sherry! It is still a rare combination, I think. And judging by the color, this might have been a first fill cask. I have no way to be sure, though.It starts fairly sweet with loads of earthy…

Last summer Malts of Scotland introduced a new series called ‘46’, with which they refer to the alcohol percentage at which the malts are bottled. There was already a Bowmore 2002 and Tamdhu 2002, now…

This is the discontinued old bottling of Black Bottle. It was nice to get a full bottle of this bang for the buck blended whisky, which has malt from almost every distillery in Islay (Kilchoman not…