Scotch Whisky reviews

It's fashionable for "advanced" whisky aficionados to criticize big distilleries and turn up their collective noses at all their offerings while lauding smaller craft distillers for being small and…

This summer The Whisky Jury released two single casks from 2010 with the name Williamson on the label. This clearly refers to Elizabeth Williams – Bessie for short – and thus means Laphroaig. Cask twj…

If you know your Scotch history a bit, you are aware that Williamson refers to the legendary Elizabeth Leitch ‘Bessie’ Williamson, the first female distillery manager in history. From 1954 until 1972 she…

Belgian bottler The Whisky Jury does not have many releases on its resumé so far, but what they’ve released has been great so far. In less than a year’s time Joeri has built up an ironclad and well…

When I first read the announcement that The Whisky Jury would launch a new Ben Nevis 1996, I thought it was a mistake. I had just tried two Ben Nevis from that Belgian bottler. Both his 23 years old from…

It is fair to say that Ben Nevis 1994 to 1997 is among the best stuff recently produced at this distillery – obviously in combination with good wood. Today I will try a single cask from 1995 – obviously…

Hi there again, folks, long time no see.I wrote this review a long time ago, September 2016, and it was high time I posted it here. Oh, btw: first neat, then iceball. Fad back then (check the pic.)So…

I opened this bottle not long after lock down started whilst on a Zoom call with some Canadian friends ... wink wink! I enjoyed this as soon as it was opened but a bit of air has really brought this on…

It's been a while since I've written a review - keepin' busy during The Covid! I acquired this from Scotch Whisky Auctions many years ago - I had to bid on it since you never get an opportunity like this…

Disclaimer: I'm really bad at identifying blind samplesThis mystery sample was provided by @Nozinan and the sample was poured November 21, 2019, bottle 2/3 full when the sample was poured, and the bottle…