All Whisky reviews

Being a whisky noob I haven't had many opportunities to try different whiskies. Out of those that I've sampled, I found that I enjoyed more the delicate and rich whiskies than the smoky/peated whiskies…

Glenmorangie the original, my first bottle of Scotch. This is the bottle that started my love affair with Scotch. I recently quit smoking and needed something to fill the void and decided I needed to…

I tried the Doublewood version and quite liked it, but I liked the idea of the heavier sherry influence so I gave this a go... Nose: sweet, tantalizing nose that keeps giving soft notes of coffee and…

Nose: delicate. Metallic, peppery, slightly sweet and fruity. Hints of apricot and caramel. Orange zest.Taste: smooth and silky, light- to medium-bodied, with a slight peppery bite. Citrus flavours dance…

Barrel Select is a blend of corn, rye, and malted barley, aged 6 to 10 years in oak casks of varying char levels, and then finished for some months in Canadian sherry casks. On the nose it offers some…

I tried this after a class of Yamazaki 12yo which is not fair for this one. But Good impresion in general, but not a wow effect. Grapes, sweetness,toffe?, medium finish with a hint of peat embeded in the…

Its Light colour and fruity nose gave me an expectation of a light whisky. Even the first sips revealed fruit, spice,freshness. But 30 minutes later the whisky had changed...Sweetness, brown sougar, an…

"The heath waves wild upon her hills, Her foaming frae the fells, Her fountains sing o' freedom still, As they dance down the dells. And weel I loe the land, my lads, That's girded by the sea. Then…

This is another stellar whisky in the long family tree of Islay whiskies. Smokey peaty arival with a well balanced long oily / viscus slow finish. This would be Octomore's older uncle.

I bought a sample or two of this because I was pretty curious about it. I've got a bottle of the 1985 original, but haven't tried it. By most accounts, this was supposed to be a bit less obviously/hea…