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Nose: Plum jam. Wet earth. Tobacco leaves, leather, some tropical fruits salad, and sultanas dipped in honey. very rich, and sweet!Palate: Bitter dark chocolate. Plums , prunes , Xmas cake. Cinnamon.…

Those of you who read the blog on a regular basis know that I find Wemyss Malts single casks and blended malts to be very good to excellent. They do bottle good stuff, and do not bother with mediocre…

I just scored my bottle of this in the mail today and, though I have too many other bottles to finish first, I couldn't help but try some to compare it to the 3rd release, which thrilled me to no end.…

Here I am, back after a long absence, and with a few Canadian whiskys to review. I have just started a new contract in Ontario and it allowed me to buy a few bottles not available in Québec, namely the…

Karuizawa 8 @Day 0, 2012-04-16A 50ml bottle from a small lot of samples I received recently (April 2012). As with all samples from the seller, bottles are decanted in full so this is a "fresh" sample…

I'm a total whisky beginner and this is my first review, so it's gonna be crap. If you wanna learn something intelligent about Highland Park 12 read the next random review.I recently opened my first HP12…

Ezra Brooks bourbons are generally believed to be distilled at the Heaven Hill distillery, and are bottled and sold through Luxco, in St. Louis, Missouri. Ezra Brooks products have included Ezra Brooks…

Yoichi 10 @Day 0This Yoichi 10 year old is from a 5cl sample bottle received with other Japanese single malts recently. I'm looking forward to this one as tasting notes I've seen mention a peaty nose and…

The reviewed sample is the last 125 ml of a bottle provided thanks to @MarsViolet. Nose: lots of vanilla, very light smoke, a touch of peat, light citrus, well perfumed with carnation and rose. Very…

Miyagikyo 10 @Day 0, 2012-05-08Another 5cl sample bottle of Japanese whisky, this time a Miyagikyo (from Nikka) 10 year old at 45% ABV. To be honest, I know nothing about this one in terms of wood use…