Scotch Whisky reviews

I first tried the Speyburn 10yo many years ago and just thought it was OK; I reviewed their entry-level NAS expression seven years ago (it was in another advent calendar) and gave it a crap 70. So here…

I think it is fair to say that Rosebank is in the top five of closed distilleries. This King of the Lowlands was shut down in 1993 and for the longest time it looked like it would never re-open. But then…

You’ll remember that I only recently tried the 4th release and alluded to number three in this Build Your Own Bearded Commando series. Well, number three has now arrived. No wonder it took him so long…

I had thought for sure I had reviewed this one at some point, but I hadn't - the only Ledaig I ever wrote up was a Cadenhead's Duthies 13yo (and scored it an 84). This is their standard 10yo expression…

The contents of Day 3 makes me wonder if this calendar is peaking way too early, but I guess only time will tell. We have a bottling from That Boutique-y Whisky Company of a 27 year old grain from long…

Today we go to Day 2 of the Kensington Wine Market 2020 Whisky Advent Calendar, and it's one I have had before but haven't reviewed here: Craigellachie 13 Year Old.The colour is a dark gold. Rich on the…

As long as there is a pandemic, I’ll continue my online whisky tasting, the so-called WhisQy Masterclasses. WhisQy with the Q of Quarantine of course. They are quite popular which makes me happy, for it…

Barely three months ago I tried the Distillers Edition from 2007, bottled in 2017. But I recently presented this version from 2009, bottled in 2019, during my online tasting WhisQy (Whisky in Quarantine…

Diageo’s Distillers Editions appear on a yearly basis. Their classic malts then get a second maturation. For the Talisker, that’s on Amoroso sherry casks. This is the Talisker DE from 2007 that was…

The Talisker 10 does not need an introduction. While quite a few NAS releases saw the light of day in recent years (Skye, Storm, Dark Storm, Port Ruighe), the ten years old remains my favorite entry…