All Whisky reviews

Batch 48, bottle #772.I picked up this bottle because it is the cheapest straight rye whiskey available in Québec, by virtue of being the only one as well. After trying it, I feel I might have to try…

This is the first Bunnahabhain in the Elements of Islay series. It’s a peated version from an otherwise unpeated Islay distillery.Nose: peated, no doubt. Rather deep smoke with a hint of rubber. Very…

McClelland is a range of whiskies marketed by Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd, known also for their Bowmore, Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch. They purchased T&A McClelland’s, a blender from Glasgow, in…

The Six Isles is a blended malt that should be a ‘true reflection of the Isles’. It contains 6 whiskies from Islay, Jura, Skye, Mull, Orkney and Arran. It is not that hard to identify them. Skye has only…

The Smokehead Extra Rare can be found in travel retail (although quite a few retailers carry this as well) and is bottled by MacLeod Distillers. The Islay distillery is kept secret. Some say it is Lag…

Ah, again a so-called ‘bastard malt’ of which no one can (or will) tel lus what is in the bottle. It is bottled by the Vintage Malt Whisky Compnay, also known of the Cooper’s Choice, Finlaggan, Tantallan…

Cask Islay was launched on November 1st 2011 by A.D. Rattray. And while it is a blended malt (strangely enough, the label says ‘Vatting No. 1’), most of the young whisky is from one single distillery.…

This Classic of Islay was distilled in 1972 and bottled by former German record-producer-turned-independent-bottler Jack Wieber in 2007. It is a sherry cask at a cask strength of 58,1%.On the nose, the…

The London whisky shop The Whisky Exchange bottled quite a few gems. This Islay Whisky, bottled a 103° proof, is one of them. It is an Ileach matured on a bourbon hogshead. Since the PR blurb speaks of…

This particular Copper Fox Rye (Bottled after 14 months) has a good dose of fruit and a healthy dose of leather to the nose. Spicy yet smoother than I would have imagined given the nose. A great deal of…