Scotch Whisky reviews

This NAS version is the successor of the Longrow CV, a Campbeltown'er from Springbank. Not much to tell, nice and simple packaging, very pale colour.Nose: the name Longrow Peated could suggest that we…

This Glen Keith was selected especially by the members of the Belgian whisky club The Finest Notes, of which my good friend Marc Castermans (aka Casmasjien, aka Whiskybudha) is a member. It was through…

Knowing that Glen Garioch used peated malt until 1993, I expect a bit of classic smokiness in this whisky. It is from one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries, founded in 1797.The nose is very aromatic with…

The series with the resounding name The Ultimate is Dutch, brought to market by the independent bottlers Van Wees. Bar a mistake on my part, they have so far bottled three Glen Keith, including this 16…

Black Bull 12 year old by Duncan Taylor surprised me big time! I expected a much lower score from this blended whisky.Though the name implies bit more. Black Bull 12 yrs is definitely black: it is dark…

Virgin Oak is in. We already tried (and very much liked) the Auchentoshan Virgin Oak from the same stables. This is the first Glen Garioch that matured on completely new American oak.The nose is very…

I'm wary of independent bottlings, to be honest. I never know what to expect. There's not a lot of information on most of them. And they can go horribly wrong. So when I happened to taste this with a…

Glen Garioch hardly uses sherry casks, so this oloroso sherry matured is a bit of an odd one out. It was released at the end of 2013 and will set you back around 65 EUR.The aromatic nose offers red…