Scotch Whisky reviews

Cadenhead used to regularly release great single malts at cask strength in their so-called Small Batch series. Rumour has it that since Mark Watt has left the company – and struck out on his own – that…

Another Glen Grant from 1995, meaning we can be quite sure this is going to be good. This was bottled especially for this year’s Whisky Fair, but due to corona this was cancelled. But that does not mean…

Another one of those beautiful decanters from the Cask Strength Collection from Signatory, filled this time with a Glen Grant from 1995 that matured no less than 24 years on a bourbon barrel. It was…

The number of casks of Glen Grant that Signatory has bottled is staggering. This Vintage 1997 is a vatting of two hogsheads and was cut to 43%.Spring fresh nose on young apples, mandarin and heathery…

Do you remember the Longmorn 2012 from Art Malts? That was very limited with only 25 bottles. But the same can be said of this Glenburgie 2003. Also limited to 25 bottles and bottled at cask strength …

It takes some effort to find the Glencadam Distillery. Founded in 1825, it can be found in Brechin, halfway between Dundee and Aberdeen. My buddy Benny offered me a sample from a recent bottling by…

A young Glen Scotia that matured on a whisky cask? That sounds interesting. Distilled in 2007 and after 11 years on a Bordeaux cask it still yielded 292 bottles. This is an official release in their so…

For my 20th encounter with Glentauchers, I will also taste the eldest I have ever tried. This one was distilled in 1976 and bottled five years ago by Cadenhead. It’s fair to say that Glentauchers is a…

Celebration of the Cask is a series in which Morrison & Mackay bottle exceptional casks at high(er) age. This is a Glenglassaugh that was distilled when I was a two year old toddler. Liquid history,…

I’m quite sure now that this is not cask strength. Like with the Mortlach 2017 that I tried a little while ago, this Glenlossie from 2007 bottled in the same Carn Mor Strictly Limited series is a vatting…