Scotch Whisky reviews

Nose: Lovely vanilla strawberry ice-cream with some wood, apples , stewed fruit, and fresh wet grass. some fruit candy as Tom put it: "wham" bars (again i had no idea what those were, but quite agree)…

Nose: I Can’t say it’s got Lilt (since i have nothing to compare it to) but I’d say it’s very interesting and quite tropical. Coconut , pineapple. Papaya. Sweet vanilla custard. Gentle perfumed oak.…

I've always wanted to try a really old malt but price is the barrier. This 33yo Royal Brackla however was just about affordable with pricing still only in double digits. And distilled just 30 days after…

On Thursday 9 May 2013 a group of 20 whisky aficionados, myself included, were invited the the Belgian online retailer The Bonding Dram to select a cask for their sixth birthday. Quite an honor that had…

For the next Laffie in this series, I had to go through my cabinet of sample. I found a bottling from 2009, bottled by Koen from the Belgian shop QVID. It is a 13 Year Old Laphroaig from 1996. The D on…

Let us stay with the new Belgian bottler Brachadair for a moment, as they also have this 14 Year Old Laphroaig, bottled by A.D. Rattray.At the front of the nose I get quite some ashes and smoke, covering…

First Vapor: Rubber and cashew and toffee, becoming...Nose: Wonderful and sweet. Nougat and vanilla wrapped in milk chocolate laced with orange zest. Develops depth from dates and salty caramel, which…