Scotch Whisky reviews

from a friendNose: Crystallized fruit, honey, lemon, vanilla, and that typical Clynelish waxiness. Obviously in a good place. Creamy frosting, bounded by some wood. Lemon cream pie with some vanilla…

Nose: Rich and really fantastic. Heavily on chocolate with a very dry, bourbony quality. Slight rubber and a bit of a funky red-fruit sherried quality shining through it. Faint vanilla. Some people have…

A visit to some friends in the western Chicago suburbs last week culminated in a stop at a never-before-visited Binny’s outlet in Downers Grove, where I picked up this little gem of an independent bot…

A result of a visit to the whisky exchange shop in London (highly recommended if you're in town). The nose is what's fascinating to me with this bottle. Not the greatest nose ever but it hides it's…

Sulphurous nose. Too much sherry - quite unsubtle - blatant. Rough. Too alcoholic.

I acquired a generous helping of this younger bottling of the Aberlour distillery at one of the better nearby bars in my area. (The Wooden Nickel). I was curious to see how the younger double cask sta…

Bailie Nicol Jarvie is more colloquially known as BNJ. It is named after a character in Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy (I couldn't resist the title). It became popular with the British officers during the…