Scotch Whisky reviews

This limited edition Auchentoshan (6000 bottles) was distilled in 1998 and matured in European oak fino sherry casks, then bottled in 2010. This whisky is cask strength and non-chill-filtered.The colour…

This Campbeltown distillery does get a tad confusing. Springbank, Hazleburn, Kilkerran are all made there. But then there's Glengyle - I know it's annexed to Springbank but is it actually the same dis…

Laphroaig distillery (the name means "the beautiful hollow by the broad bay") was established in 1815, by Alex and Donald Johnston. It was sold to Long John International in the 1960ies and subsequently…

The Platinum Selection from Douglas Laing is also known as Old & Rare. This Port Ellen has been bottled about six years ago, before that it had matured for a quarter century. Smoke and citrus, those are…

A.D. Rattray was able to secure three sisters casks from Port Ellen from 1982, sherry casks #2463, #2464 (of which a part was bottled for the Belgian bottler The Nectar) and #2466. I wonder if they still…

North Port distillery is no more. It closed in 1983 and was demolished in 1990. At the site, there is currently a supermarket. The distillery started out as Brechin distillery, a name that can also be…

Chieftain’s Choice is a label from Ian MacLeod distillers. Another one, for example, is Dun Bheagan.. This bourbon hogshead #1520 was filled in 1982 and bottled in 2009 as a 27 Year Old. I will be put…

Dun Bheagan is a label from Ian MacLeod distillers. Another one, for example, is Chieftain’s Choice. This bourbon hogshead #1521 was filled in 1982 and bottled in 2007 as a 25 Year Old. I will be putting…

Port Ellen is always a bit of a feast. Hence I am very happy to be able to taste five in a row. Let me start with this 18 Year Old that was bottled in 2000 by McGibbon’s (part of Douglas Laing) under…