Scotch Whisky reviews

Very soon the Queen of the Lowlands will reopen because Ian Macleod Distillers is almost finished with the renovation of the Rosebank distillery. In the meantime, I'm happy to taste another cask strength…

Signatory Vintage has no less than 48 releases of Caperdonich on record and this is one of them from 2000, bottled in those beautiful but clumsy decanters in 2021. Particularly interesting and aromatic…

Slowly but surely, Caperdonich's cask are really starting to run out... This Speysider, built in 1897 as Glen Grant II, was closed in 2002 to finally being demolished in 2010. Surprisingly fresh and…

Oh, look now, my 10th Banff. This Speyside distillery closed its doors in 1983 and has since been demolished. There's only one official bottling, the 21-year-old from 1982 in the Rare Malts Selection,…

Like many other producers it would seem tha Kilchoman were waiting in the wings shortly after the SWA broadened the range of casks allowed for maturation (Tequila, Mezcal, Calvados & others). This single…

*Another sample graciously provided by a fellow ConnosrI believe this expression was launched in 2016 to replace a 30 year old core range bottle, this was before the rebrand. Matured in a mix of Bourbon…

From a sample generously provided by a fellow ConnosrThis was a special release to commemorate the 185th anniversary of this family owned distillery, purpoted to contain a vatting of casks going as far…

My first experience with Balvenie was a bottle of their single cask series, back in 2011, the first year of my whisky journey. I bought one for my uncle after reading about it or hearing about it on a…

Yet another greatly received sample from @Wierdo that I've been sitting on for far too long. Gotta say I love the look of the full bottle! This review is neat with the dram having been breathing for…

This was a bottling by IB's James Eadie for Royal Mile Whiskies. 15 years old and finished for 13 months in a refill amontillado sherry cask made of European oak. No info. on the casks of the prior…