Scotch Whisky reviews

I'll keep the blab to a minimum, there's not many OB options for Ben Nevis around, most is sold off to brokers or sent over to Japan to undergo a special alchemy that will have it become Japanese whisky…

Master blender Richard Paterson joins sherry bodega González Byass to produce this blended. They start by mixing over 30 young scotch whiskies (between 5 and 8 years old) and ageing them for three years…

I had this back in May 2015 thanks to a friend of mine who had gotten it from some internet auction, where it was advertised as a bottle from the 1960s. We enjoyed it, I took my notes and pictures, and…

Go ahead and call this a special bottling. Cadenhead created this with whisky that had matured solely on sherry casks for at least 20 years. It was bottled for Vinothek Massen in Luxemburg and Flander’s…

Old Smuggler is still being produced today and can be found in our supermarkets. Admittedly, it is usually found on the bottom shelf – litteraly. My buddy Manny however got his hands on an old ceramic…

This was limited edition number 3 in the famous – infamous? – Vega series. It is also the oldest, put together with whiskies from 1976 and bottled at the age of 41 years in 2018. You can imagine that I’m…

It’s no secret I have a soft spot for North Star Spirits. It has everything to do with the fact that Iain Croucher has a very good nose and so he releases top notch liquid. This is the 5th edition of his…

This blend has remained under the radar a bit I think, for it is still available. Admittedly, 300 EUR is not cheap, but when you know that all components are from 1976 and matured for at least 42 years…

Johnnie Walker is often looked down upon. I think this has three reasons. One: it’s the victim of its own success; two: the current Red Label is ridiculously bad; and three: unknown is unloved. When…

This is an older bottling of Dewar’s White Label, with no mention of contents or ABV on the label. Yet the print on the back of the label claims it’s from 1975. That’s liquid history in my book, for I…