Scotch Whisky reviews

Ardmore was once a distillery on Islay, that merged with Lagavulin in 1835. But today’s Ardmore has nothing to do with the old one and can be found near Huntly in the Highlands, on the border with Spe…

This young Ledaig from Signatory is probably the palest I have tried so far. It is lighter than white wine, almost as clear as spirit. Strange (well, maybe not) considering it matured on a sherry cask…

It has already been a few years since I last tasted the Laffie Quarter Cask, but thanks to one of my whisky buddies, I was able to secure a sample of the newest release. As the name suggest, the whisky…

The Nectar of the Daily Drams presented this Littlemill at the Spirits in the Sky festival in Brussels. It matured for 24 long years and was bottled at cask strength. It has a full golden color and beads…

I scored a sample of this Bunna 1972 at the Whisky festival for Independent Bottlers in Aalst, Belgium, last April. It was released under the label The Golden Cask and I am putting it head-to-head with…

I tried the first release of the Kilchoman Loch Gorm at a tasting led by James Wills in May 2013. This is the second edition, that appeard this year and matured on oloroso sherry casks. It is only 5…

This is a very young Bunna, only 6 years old. It was bottled by the German Malts of Scotland for the 11th Whisky Live festival in Spa in February 2014, where it was sold for 60 EUR. It matured on a…

St Magdalene has been closed since 1983 and the bottle I will try today was already released in 1998 by Diageo in their celebrated Rare Malts series. I previously tried their 23 Year Old from 1994, but…

Douglas of Drumlanrig is a series by Langside Distillers, who are in turn linked to Douglas Laing. This 15 Year Old Auchentoshan was launched last year. It is a refill hogshead which partially explains…