Scotch Whisky reviews

This reviewed Alchemist Bottling of Springbank 10 YO was distilled in December 1995 and bottled in April 2006. This bottling vats distillate aged in "fresh" port pipes and first fill bourbon barrels.…

I won't bother with tasting notes, since very few people can secure a bottle of The Beast. Here are my impressions of the last glass I tasted (about two weeks ago):Nose utterly fantastical and nearly…

On the Alchemist bottle label, by Gordon Wright: "When I bought Bruichladdich with Mark Reynier and Simon Coughlin in 2000, we decided to produce a much more heavily peated single malt than Bruichladdich…

This is a “what might have been” kind of review. This is a review of a 30mL sample of a Port Ellen official bottling. The back story: An actual bottle of this 9th release (30 year old) Port Ellen sat at…

This whisky is a bit deceptive. It’s not a simple dram, although I remember thinking it was when I first had it ages ago. When I first tried it, I was only just getting into whisky. I remember thinking…

I realized last night that i am still to review anything from Bunnahabhain, although i've owned at least 5 bottles throughout the years. I've even been lucky to try the 25 year old last year, and yes it…