All Whisky reviews

On April 30th 2010, I was introduced to the Carn Mor Vintage Collection from the Scottish Liqueur Center. The series consists 24 different malts from 24 different casks, 24 distilleries and 24 different…

This Tomatin was a gift from a friend. It was distilled in 1977 (the year Star Wars premiered) and bottled in 1998. There is hardly any OBE discernable here, even though it has been held captive in the…

The first time I tasted this Tomatin 25 Year Old was at a Tomatin Tasting with the very funny Graham Nicholson, back in April 2011. It was so good that I purchased the remainder of the bottle to take…

This small 20cl bottle met my eye when I was doing my groceries. It was quite affordable (£12), worth the try in my opinion. The distiller is not mentioned, but the content of the bottle should be a…

I picked up this bottle at the airport about a year ago for about 30 euros for a liter bottle. It was introduced as a more smoky counterpart to Johnnie Walker's core black label.In general, I think that…

This afternoon at the office, I poured my second of three Irish whiskies I'll be reviewing over the next couple of days. I've always wanted to try this one, as I had never had a pure pot still Irish…

I was amazed at the taste of this whisky, it actually blew my head away it has a nice spicy taste and it goes well with a roast ham, drunk about a whole bottle between two last night and was pretty…

I struggled with whether to make my St. Patrick's Day bottle opening my Bushmills 16 or this one. I originally was going to go with the Bushmills, and save this one for another time, but I decided, what…

At risk of being considered heterodox, I have a pronounced preference for Japanese whiskies over their Scottish cousins. I admit this here not merely to disqualify myself from reviewing non-American…

This is as dark as a buffalo's mane and as fiery as its breath. I would say prepare to tangle with the buffalo's horns, but more appropriately this Stagg's antlers are a dangerous set. You will be amazed…