All Whisky reviews

According to their website, Arran is the only whisky company authorized by the World Burns Federation to produce a whisky with the Ploughman Poet's name on it. Arran have the authorisation to use Bur…

I'm behind on my sample reviews, so I'm trying to catch up. This is a blind sample which is always more fun since my preconceptions and biases are taken out of the equation.This sample comes to me cou…

Oldest running whiskey in America (1810!), neat at Domo, Eurobuilding Hotel, Madrid, in January 2019. A clean pale amber pour with that greenish cast that I love. Quite intense in the nose, and indeed…

You have not yet heard of Croftengea? No worries, you are not alone. Even after more than 4500 whisky’s under my belt, this is only the second Croftengea that I will be trying myself! This malt is one…

Kilchoman is the youngest operational distillery on Islay (for now). My experience with their offerings isn’t extensive but I’ve liked everything I’ve tried from them. Sanaig is rumoured to be 70-80% ex…

This is a cask sample from a few years ago from Swedish distiller High coast distillery, formerly BOX whisky. It was still called box when it was filled so its from some years ago. BOX, or high coast,…

I just couldn't resist this one, despite it being out of my price range: a medium-peated, cask-strength, uncoloured, non-chillfiltered, 12 year old Cragganmore. The standard 12 year old is a personal…

Standard Bowmore releases seem to get no love from the whisky connoisseur community. Sure, older bottlings from the 1960s and 1970s are sought after, as are Bowmore offerings from Independent Bottlers…

Not the first I've tried, mind you, but the first I've owned. Not sure why it took me so long.On the nose, there is warm, thick, sweet, perfumed, enveloping smokiness. A different quality of smoke that…

Got this bottle as a gift. Early times is a Kentucky bourbon that, until a few months ago, was owned by Brown Foreman. They have now sold it to the Sazerac Company who owns Buffalo Trace. So hopefully…