Scotch Whisky reviews

I seem to be on a bit of a whisky-family trend so will stay with the theme. This is the third of my Islay malts and the one I most looked forward to tasting.It reminds me of an older uncle in a dinner…

This is another pleasant but one dimensional dram from Glenrothes. This particular 1991 vintage was bottled in 2008.The nose is soft and well rounded with the familiar vanilla and citrus overtones.…

This 25 Year Old was part of the Glenrothes tasting I attended recently and after the 1988 vintage was my No 2 pick for the evening. Though some of my colleagues preferred this over the '88 - well, to…

Picked this particular bottle up from the international beer shop in Perth after poking my head in for a look because of a certain member of this esteemed community who does the whisky ordering there.…

I was at a Glenrothes tasting recently and was presented with six different expressions for the evening. While the other five failed to tickle my fancy there was this gem from 1998 (bottled in 2008) that…

I suspect this 1978 vintage was discovered by accident in the Glenrothes warehouse. And rather than pour it all away the marketing team told the whisky maker to some how fix it and make it drinkable. Of…

Kilchoman Summer 2010 46% OB (10/9437 215) bought 12-6-2011 opened 4-4-2-12Some bottles are consistent – they change, but in a predictable way. Other bottles go through radical changes seemingly overn…

This 1994 vintage Glenrothes (bottled in 2009) is an average offering from this Speyside distillery.It has the typical Speyside nose of nuts (specifically almonds), lots of citrusy vanilla, warm brown…