Scotch Whisky reviews

From time to time, I get truly spoiled by friends who send me a sample of a great Auchentoshan. In this case, I got a sample (with empty bottle and box as well) from Germany. The label on the sample…

Under impulse of the sympathetic Mark Watt, Cadenhead (famous independent bottler with HQ in Campbeltown) launched a new series with quite a retro look. Dumpy bottles with black labels. One of those…

Nose: you wake in a tent after a night camping. The air is cool and moist. You open the flaps of the tent and survey the detritus from the night before. There are some empty cans and bottles but the main…

David Stirk’s Creative Whisky Company has three ranges. In their portfolio, there is currently only one Auchentoshan, an 11 Year Old from 1999, bottled in their Exclusive Range. The cask sample that I…

This 10 year entry level from Aberlour is decent but not complex. It's very pleasant though good for a newbie but also when you not in the mood for anything too full on...Nose raisin apples hit of van…

Rosebank closed already in 1993, but the whisky still appears on the market regularly (although less and less for obvious reasons). This bottling already dates back to 2001, from the Max Righi stables…

I remember the Belgian club Tongerse Whiskyvrienden from their great Caol Ila that was bottled by The Whiskyman. They shared that particular cask with Vinothek Massen from Luxemburg. They did the same…

In the visitor centre of the Auchentoshan distillery, you can bottle your own from a cask that is put in place for that purpose. This bourbon cask #165 is long gone by now and replaced by two others.…

Virgin Oak is in. Recently a Glen Garioch Virgin was released and now Auchentoshan follows. Who knows, maybe a Bowmore Virgin Oak is next (the three distilleries, as you know, are part of the same group…

I first discovered this new Auchentoshan from A.D. Rattray at a festival for independent bottlers, last May. Naturally I brought home a sample. I am, after all, the Toshan Man.The nose is fresh, sweet…