Scotch Whisky reviews

Strathmill from the 1970s can be quite good. I was able to ascertain that with the Strathmill 1974 from Archives and the Strathmill 1975 from Malts of Scotland. Now let me try a Strathmill 1976, released…

To be honest, I do not have that much experience with Strathmill. This is only my 9th. Mackillop’s Choice is a series by Angus Dundie, a blender from London that also owns the Tomintoul and Glencadam…

Strathmill can be found in Keith, close to better known distilleries Keith and Strathisla. It was built in 1891 and originally named Glenisla-Glenlivet. Since 1975, the distillery is run by Justerine &…

So as I mentioned in my previous review.. tonight was the night of the Devil's.. I started with Arran and now time for this Bowmore.. which is a small batch release matured exclusively in first fill…

This has been a month of the 'Devil' with Arran and Bowmore bringing out two Devil'ishly good limited releases into the market. So I decided to pit the two the devil's against each other. Here's what I…

Nose: Coconut oil, rum cake, bitter almond (“cyanide”). All “thin high notes" at first… But later some white chocolate thickness comes out of the coconut, and lower-pitch nectarine (slight pineapple?…

Long slow thick soot loaded oily mouth coating arrival develops a rich creamy vegetal / Soddy filled smoky finish.