Scotch Whisky reviews

I have tried quite a few a’bunadh in my day, batch 60 only last November, but recently got a bottle of batch 66. The buyer was not very fond of it and asked me to take it off his hands. I did so gladly…

The Singleton is among the best selling brands for Diageo, but it’s an umbrella brand. Depending on where you live in the world, you’ll get a different malt. Today there is a Singleton of Dufftown …

I have tried many Arran with a finish, but had not tasted this one yet. So, Benny, thanks a lot for providing the sample of this Arran finished on a Marsala cask. Marsala is an Italian fortified wine…

I’m at it for some twenty years now, tried over 4500 whiskies and this distillery has been around since 2008 and even has a 10 years old out by now and yet I’ve never tried one of their offerings. Now…

One of the special releases Johnnie Walker launched in honor of the 200th anniversary of the company in 2020 was this Celebratory Blend, inspired by the original Old Highland Whisky. Lovely old school…

The young distillery on Islay has quite the following and hence there is something like the Kilchoman Club. And hence nice club releases. This is the 9th edition already, a vatting of 4 oloroso casks …

There are only a few private casks bottled that have reached the age of 13 years at Kilchoman. This bourbon barrel was bottled for Max & Julia. The names may not mean much to you, they do to me. I ord…

I find it quite hard to believe that I’ve only tried 3 Knockando so far and the last one was already six years ago. Anyway, I’m willing to give it another try with this old release from Knockando 1975…

As we endure this frigid ice and winter storm, my desire for cask strength peat is especially strong. So here we have the 2017 Cairdeas released as a cask strength quarter cask. It was matured for around…

They Inspired is a series of single cask releases by Michiel Wigman with some well and lesser known historical figures on the rather sober labels. This Secret Orkney from 1999 is obviously Highland Park…