Scotch Whisky reviews

This is an old bottling by Signatory of a lesser known Speysider. A Tomintoul 1966 on sherry cask (which is no surprise, Tomintoul is known to use mostly if not exclusively sherry casks). Only 128 bot…

Knowing that Tomintoul market sits peated whisky under the Old Ballantruan label, this raised my eyebrows a little. Maybe not as peaty as the Old Ballantruan? Who know? Anyway, it is an entry level malt…

If you’re just getting into single malts, this is a great place to start. ‘The great all-rounder.’ There are sherried elements, highland elements, and peaty elements. There’s smoothness, balance, and a…

Old Ballantruan is the peaty version of Tomintoul, made with peated barley and matured on sherry casks. It is bottled at a nice 50% ABV. There is also a 10 Year Old, but I will try the NAS version. Malty…

Warm steady sweet fast arrival develops a fast creamy vegetable thin finish.