Scotch Whisky reviews

Color: amber.Nose: orange zest and red delicious apples with a hint of vanilla. Subtle but quite nice.Body: same creamy fullness I expect from Aberlour.Palate: oaky toffee sweetness with a good deal of…

This is my first Arran. I haven’t sampled much from this distillery, but right now I find myself starting with the 100 Proof. I like a bit of kick, so I thought a healthy 57% abv. may be right up my…

Glenlivet is one of the world’s largest distilleries, which I visited in September 2010. Their whiskies are noted for their fruity and floral elements, rather typical for Speyside. Let us go back to…

Let us end this little line-up of Glenlivet with a 36 Year Old from 1975, bottled by the Italian company Wilson & Morgan, in their Barrel Selection series in 2010. It came from a first fill sherry cask…

This Glenlivet is also a 15 Year Old, but of a whole other calibre, because distilled in 1978. It was presented during one of Bert Bruyneel’s Wee Dram Master tastings. It is bottled by Gordon & Macphail…

The reviewed bottle has been open approximately 2 years and is 70% full. This is an unpeated malt. Nose: pleasant light wine flavours, gentle rounded flavours of malt; light apple and pears; moderate…

I recently had some Lagavulin 16 at a bar, and I enjoyed so much I decided to buy a bottle despite the high price. It is a world of difference from the dram I had at the bar. The nose of the whisky I had…

Sweet warm complex strong arrival balanced vegetable middle develops a long and sustained pleasant finish.

Talisker distillery is the only distillery on the Isle of Skye and was founded in 1830 by Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill, sons of the local doctor. It was rebuilt between 1880 and 1887, and was extended in…