Scotch Whisky reviews

For Whisky Live Spa (Belgium, edition 2010), the big festival in the little town famed for its spas and hot water sources, the famous La Maison du Whisky bottled 30 decanters with this 18 Year Old Ardbeg…

The Tomatin distillery lies halfway between Aviemore and Inverness at a height of 315 meters in the Monadhliath Mountains and is in Japanese hands. This indie bottling from Chester matured for 19 years…

The famous German bottler surprises yet again with a new series called ‘Images’. The casks are supposedly from the blending industrie, so the distillery’s names are kept top secret. This Kildalton Cross…

I recently took a Scottish vacation, and while there I decided to make it a mission to taste as many Taliskers as possible (since they are one of my favourite distilleries). I tasted the new Port Ruighe…

Malts of Scotland has already bottled quite a bit of Glengoyne. If I am not mistaken, this is their 19th cask already, albeit only their second from 1997. The previous one from that vintage, a sherry…

I have not tried that many Ben Nevis (this is only my seventh), but with only one exception they have all been fantastic. The distillery lies at the foot of a mountain with the same name in quite an…

The Feis Ile has only just ended, so might as well try a few Islay drams. I will put two Bunna H2H, both bottled by Chester. The first is this 16 Year Old Bunnahabhain on refill sherry hogshead, the…