Scotch Whisky reviews

The Lonach series was known for vatting underproof with overproof casks to create a whisky that reached at least 40% ABV and could thus be bottled. This one was bottled at exactly 40% and is a distillate…

From 1964 until 1984, Miltonduff also had two Lomond stills, which enabled then-owner Hiram Walker to provide enough bulk whisky for the blenders, primarily Ballantine’s. But with declining demand, the…

This Miltonduff has spent more than a decade in the bottle and matured for 35 years before that. It was distilled before I was born and bottled under the famous banner Old Malt Cask. Since the split of…

nose: fresh pears, green apples, lemongrass, some sherry, fresh sandalwood, yeast, typical floral Speyside notes.taste: pear cake, vanilla, fermented dough, hints of sherry, overall a sweet yeasty flavor…

Miltonduff is a Speyside distilleerderij that I have only encountered once before. So I have absolutely no experience to speak of. Time to change that, but putting four distillates in a row. Let me start…

One of the most elegant, luxurious whisky rooms in Scotland has got to be the Tasting Room at the back of the Cadenhead's store in Campbeltown. Besides the myriad bottles lining the wall, there are also…

This is only my second Aultmore and the first from a bourbon cask. So it is a bit hard to compare, which is always a bit exciting. The reason for Aultmore not yet having been tried most likely has a lot…