Scotch Whisky reviews

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…

Talisker distillery is the only distillery on the Isle of Skye and was founded in 1830 by Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill, sons of the local doctor. It was rebuilt between 1880 and 1887, and was extended in…

This bottle has been in my cabinet and open for a year. Finally finishing it today, so it's definitely well breathed.Without water: Creamy nose with salt and strong but mellow peat-smoke. There's also…

I got this to tick off another distillery from my untried list. This distillery is generally just blend-fodder for Pernod,(I think they're the owners) so single-malt releases are rather rare.The nose is…

Nose: Heavy on the sherry in a very nice way, following on with a terry's chocolate orange.Taste: Sweet & syrupy with various dried fruits jumping around in your mouth, its hard to capture them all as…