Scotch Whisky reviews

In May last year, it tasted my best – but unfortunately also most expensive – Port Ellen ever. It was the 39 years old The Spirit Safe, bottled in 2018. This second edition in the Untold Stories – 9…

So far it looks as though only Mark Jedi (@markjedi1) has reviewed this scotch, and he has already gone through the introductory steps: the story of the Scottish Stone of Scone and the cork stopper…

This tasting took place in Feb, 2016, when I wrote the review down on paper as I sipped this along with my cousin Peter at his place. This is just a transcription of that review.That said, the whisky…

Another sample from @wierdo that needed finishing off. My first try of this distillery too, which is always nice.Nose - Old school English puddings, especially jam roly poly and custard with caramalised…

Another sample sent to me by @wierdo from the SMWS. This one 'matured for most of it's life in a refill bourbon cask and then moved to a heavily charred hogshead for the last couple of years.' - unas…

Girvan is a relatively young distillery, founded in 1963 by the family William Grant & Sons, which we all know from Glenfiddich and Balvenie, but also from Kininvie and newcomer Ailsa Bay. Girvan was…

Port Dundas closed just shy of two centuries of operation. The distillery closed the doors on the 1st of July 2009. The demolition of the iconic chimney was even broadcast live on television. We will…

Invergordon is one of the few grain distilleries that cannot be found in the Lowlands. The factory is owned by Whyte and Mackay and was only built in 1959. Between 1965 and 1977 there was even a malt…

Cambus is no more. The distillery, founded in 1813, closed in 1993 and was converted into a modern, semi-automatic cooperage. In 2014 Signatory bottled a refill sherry butt from 1991 in those beautiful…

They do not only produce grain whisky at Strathclyde, they also make a gin. And while it is not well-known in my neck of the woods, Seager’s Gin – named after the founder Seager Evans – is a household…