All Whisky reviews

This is not the first Longmorn bottled by the German Malts of Scotland. Previously released are a 36 Year Old from 1975 (have not tried it yet) and a 34 Year Old from 1976 (ditto). Let us see what this…

In May 2011 I tasted a sistercask of this one, the Longmorn 21 Year Old 1969/1991 (cask #3716/3717) at a cask strength of 61%. That one was amazing, so the expectations for this one are very high.The…

Nose is slightly vanilla, moving to butterscotch and banana. Very light at first impression. The first taste echos the butterscotch on the nose and again ridiculously light bodied and fresh. Surprising…

I'm a bourbon man. It's where I got my start in whisky and as much as I enjoy single malts, bourbon will always have a special place in my heart. This being the case when my wife and I finally finished…

Drunk Neat.This is my first Irish whiskey. It is also my first triple distilled, pot-still whiskey.Nose: I could just keep my nose in that glass and be content with it. It is a big smell: fruity and…

Light, floral, fruity, delicate, aetherial, fey. These are all words one could and might use to describe this one. And we don't often describe Swedes that way, do we! And not remotely what I was expec…

As the other reviewer mentioned, Texas-based Balcones uses a New Mexico-sourced blue corn for their mashbill. I enjoyed the True Blue, but what about the younger Baby Blue?This is a well made whiskey!…

A new year, and a new AnCnoc, good news, and always something worth waiting for. As in last year, AnCnoc are releasing a new vintage, limited as it is, a few more bottles have been released this year and…

I have a considerable backlog of malts from the Single Malt Whisky Club (Australia) who essentially would send me (and bill me for!) a different bottle every month, usually something that you can’t just…

This is an older bottling from end ‘70s, early ‘80s, Italian import (750 ml), with a nostalgic neck label stating: ‘Distilled & Bottled in Scotland Under British Government Supervision’. I got this…