Scotch Whisky reviews

First vapor: Cherry & soft salty smoke. Nose: Soft and sweet peat of smoking olive oil or butter. Lemon curd and a soft vanilla-cherry; a bit of grassiness shows its age.Palate: Grass/lemon and sea salt…

Ballechin in the peated expression of Edradour, a Highland distillery that was built in 1825. It proudly advertises itself as Scotland's smallest distillery, producing only 6000 gallons of spirit a year…

Glendronach 10 yo 2002/2013 (55.6%, OB, batch 8, Pedro Ximenez puncheon, cask #1988, 664 bottles).This is unusual. Where to begin.... Let’s start with the nose. Spicy, white pepper, sherry (no way,…

Nose: nail polish remover and turpentine for the first 10 minutes... then (thank god) wood, honey, roses, sweet tea, grains.Taste (neat): Smooth and light, slightly sweet. Short finish with a sharp…

Laphroaig PX Cask replaced Triplewood in the travel retail but it's been matured in three different casks too. The difference is that Laphroaig PX Cask spends the last 12 months in ex-Pedro Ximenez…

Tomatin Cù Bòcan gets its name from the legend of a spectral dog, Cù Bòcan, who has haunted the Highland village for many years. Tale tells that the dog dissolved as smoke over the moorlands when a…