Scotch Whisky reviews

Septendecim is seventeen in Latin. Finished in Ex-bourbon casks, a robust, yet suddenly mellow whisky. Marketing text says, made like a Speyside whisky from the past.Well, if that's Speyside's past, I…

sample from a friendI remember really adoring this a year or two ago when I sampled it from a friend's bottle. Let's see how it we're viewing it now. Nose: Very curious and far darker than my recollec…

sample from a friendNose: Chalky vanilla malt atop a gentle peat, really rather coastal on pebbles. Some of the lemon and freshly shaved ginger. Lightly acrid gasoline at the pump, cold pressed nut and…

Nose: Green Apple, Citrus, Honey, Dried Fruit. Light and very pleasant. FTaste: More light fruit and honey. Slightly nutty.Finish: A Slightly smoky, slightly medicinal taste comes in and in a way reminds…

This one was the 'house' whisky in my favorite pub 15 years ago. It got me triggered to try and taste more different bottles of whisky. The right bottle to start with for my first review on Connosr. It's…

Last year I went to a Jim McEwan Bruichladdich tasting (advertised as a "retirement" tasting - the second "retirement" tasting of his that I've been to - and like that one, he again announced no inten…

I was on the Laphroaig website the other week and saw that Cask Strength Batch 006 had been released. So I immediately stuck a couple of bottles in the basket when I saw the Select. I hadn't heard much…