Scotch Whisky reviews

This might be hard to find. It’s a limited release for the travel retail industry, and apparently it’s not easy to come across. But if you can find it, buy it. I love it. Usually I give top marks to big…

Glen Garioch is a distillery whose wares I'd been wanting to try for a while, so on a recent trip to Inverness, I picked up a bottle of their 1995 Vintage (bottled in 2012) at The Whisky Shop. Sadly,…

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

I’ll admit that I don’t know much about Springbank. I’ve tried only a few releases on only a few occasions. I usually find myself less captivated by the whisky than my friends or the online reviews. But…

Finally a character from Glenmorangie! Nectar D'Or is rich, fruity and vinous whisky and suits very well for me. Which isn't usually the case.Glenmorangie has usually made drams too light for my palate…

My first time tasting Black Bottle was in the best possible context for this dram as you can imagine: on the ferry between Kennacraig and Port Askaig. And I loved it - bold, smoky and bracing. This is…