Scotch Whisky reviews

Batch 47Nose: Dark Chocolate covered cherries, red velvet cake. A bowl of sweet sugary candy.Taste: Sherry bomb oak, Juicy Fruit Gum!! Dark Chocolate.Finish: Robust sherry chocolate with some nice spice…

Longmorn can be found in the heart of Speyside, a stone’s throw away from BenRiach. They even share warehouses to spread the risk in case of a fire. Today, the distillery is owned by Pernod-Ricard and…

For me, Highland Park 2001 Vintage was a huge success. So this 1994 edition, a 16 year old whisky matured in first-fill European sherry casks, was bit of a disappointment.The 2001 version has way more…

Knockdhu opened it's doors to the general public in the small village of Knock in Aberdeenshire thanks to the foresight of one Mr John Morisson. The year was 1892 and when he saw the peat lands surrou…

Matured in re-fill American and European oak casks and transferred after that into deeply charred barrels and finished in Port wine casks.This Talisker has some nice roughness combined to sweetness, that…

Malts of Scotland has already 5 casks of Longmorn under their belt. This was one of the first they ever bottled, now some three years ago. This bourbon cask yielded 122 bottles after 36 long years of…

Diageo has come up with this marketing gimmick designed to bankrupt the average whisky fan. It's called the Special Release. Every year they release a series of expressions from their portfolio which are…

Color: Dull copper (a bit cloudy)Nose: Briny (being very representative of the distillery's location) with soft fruit notes (pears) and something sweetly floral in the background; just the barest whiff…