All Whisky reviews

A limited edition Single Malt from Suntory Yamazaki, with just 1,000 bottles for the UK market.No age statement, 48% ABV. Around £65.This is a delicious Yamazaki released in 2011 aged entirely in first…

I don't have lots of experience with America's defining liquor, Bourbon. After consuming Jim Beam White label, I strayed away from bourbon yet I came back for W.T. 101 which renewed my hopes in this…

A few weeks ago I bought a gift pack of Glenrothes sample bottles from a local bottle shop. I'd wandered into this bottle shop because I'd never gone into it before and I was checking to see if they sold…

So tonight is the last night before TIFF starts, so am celebrating it by reviewing this excellent Scotch. I thought about cracking open something new and interesting, but I still have a few open bottles…

This whisky is a nice one. It's quite smooth, gentle and tasty. But It's pretty uneventful. I guess it is for those moments when you don't feel like examining a dram for hours. If you just want to sit…

Ardbeg Galileo, officially released approx. September 1, 2012, is a 12 yo Cask Strength whisky--understated from 50.6% ABV to 49% ABV, according to master distiller Bill Lumsden--finished in Marsala wine…

This is my 4th Bushmills expression.I kinda liked their younger whiskeys and was interested to try older brother. Yes, it is Bushmills) very typical taste profile. Nose is interesting with notes of…

I've heard about The Society for the last year or so, a society of whisky lovers, a society of whisky geeks like me. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society.I'd wanted to join for a long time, but it's around…

Outside on my back porch on a nice moonlit night I decided to go on with my minis I bought in N.C. with as planned J.W. Black Label. Let us begin shall we...Nose: Sweet with the smells of honey and dark…

Nose: Fresh, with some dough and lemony notes, vanilla and apple peel, lemon grass and fresh cut grass too.Palate: a bit of pepper up front, then malty vanilla and wood, with some hints of apple, and…