All Whisky reviews

Drunk neat or with a few drops of water.Since this is a peated whisky, its character will quickly change between the first glass and subsequent tastings. I found it quite harsh at first, but it has since…

It’s been a while since we tasted some Wemyss malts, and a few are about to be posted here soon. The first one is the “Hive”. This one is the newest in the series of blended malts, aged 12 year old, and…

Today we’re tasting an IB Toshan, bottled by Duncan Taylor in a line called “BattleHill” to commemorate battles fought by the highland clans in the 16 century, near Huntly. This line of bottling includes…

I wrote two Connosr reviews of Sazerac 18 2010 release, one at 4 months after the bottle was opened, and a second when I noted a very significant shift in the bottle flavours at 5 months of the bottle…

After failing to act in time and buy this for $60 at Total Wine my curiosity got the best of me and I resorted to buying it for $80 at Hi Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa. This is the first Mortlach I've…

Compass Box are an 'Artisan' whisky maker/blender. They are well known and hugely respected in the whisky business and have a fantastic variety of whiskies at reasonable prices. This review looks at…

For this ‘Single Coffey Malt’ experiment, Nikka used a Coffey still, also known as contiuous still, the large industrial column still used for the production of grain whiskies. At the time of distilla…

The Chichibu was founded as recently as 2007. This new make was distilled in May 2008 and bottled in October 2009, produced from non Braemer non-peated barley. It matured for a year on a bourbon barrel…

I had never tried the bourbon most consumed by dear old Dad until I bought this bottle about two years ago. Ezra Brooks brand is owned by Luxco corporation, and is generally believed to be distilled by…

Willett Single Barrel whiskeys are selected by Even Kuhlsveen's Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Ltd., from distillate from a variety of distilleries, then bottled and sold, often to companies such as The…