Scotch Whisky reviews

In the nineties of last century, Auchentoshan bottled quite a few single casks from 1965 and 1966. One of those is this bourbon hogshead with number 1005, filled at 46,1% after 31 long years of matura…

This single cask of Auchentoshan yielded 168 bottles. I got to know it at the Whisky Festival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium last April. Someone pointed out to me that there was a Peaty toshan to…

This was one of the first ever bottlings of Auchentoshan since the takeover by Stanley P. Morrison in 1984. It was released that year (so it is still a distillate from the Eadie Cairns era). The cream…

The Connoisseurs Choice from Gordon & Macphail is always bottled at 46% ABV. This Ledaig was presented at the Festival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium and I was told that it was somewhat atypical.…

Wemyss Malts is currently hard at work on stomping their very own distillery out of the ground. They are active for a long time already as independent bottler though. This Caol Ila was dubbed Lemon Smoke…

I just realized that for some reason or another I have not posted a review of this batch. When I first met @Victor we tried his bottle of this batch. I thought it was a decent or average batch, and he…

Most of us know Singleton of Dufftown from their 12 Year Old in the beautiful tall bottle. Apart from their 12, there is also a 15 and 18 Year Old, but now Diageo launched two NAS-releases. I suppose it…

OK, so I am a bit late with this bottling, but then again it is a rather special one. It was released under the Angel’s Choice label from Malts of Scotland, meaning the bottles are small (35cl) and the…

Glen Elgin lies about 3 kilometers south of Elgin, close to Longmorn. There are not a lot of official bottlings, but this 12 Year Old is their entry level malt. It recently replaced Cragganmore in Dia…

This is, in my opinion, the last of the good special release Ardbegs. I haven't cared much for the stuff that came after like the Day, Galileo and the AuriVerdes - though I quite liked the Ardbog for…