Scotch Whisky reviews

Once you've repeated the title five times fast, let me tell you what I think of this Matisse offering. This is my second review of a Matisse whisky. They aren’t a distillery; they do bottle and export…

Benrinnes in Aberlour has gone through many changes since the original distillery was founded in 1826. Firstly, in 1829, it was swept away in a flood. In 1834 a new distillery (the Lyne of Ruthrie) was…

Balvenie 14 year old Caribbean Cask gave me mixed emotions with it's rum-like dryness and sweetness. It was like a roller coaster ride of good and not that good aromas and taste. Few days before tasting…

I decided to enter this particular expression from Campbeltown at our Malt Society's blind tasting awards and luckily it was met with many a pleasantly raised eyebrow!The nose is a lovely, crisp bouquet…

Dalwhinnie is a well known Whisky as it is classed a one of Diageo's "Classic Malts" range and flies the flag for their highland malts.As I have mentioned in some previous reviews I am tickled by the…

Friends of Laphroaig and the Ardbeg Committee frequently send out newsletters offering their members 'special' deals on limited bottlings. Normally I look at these and choke on the three-figure sum, (as…