All Whisky reviews

If you don't like Lagavulin 16, you don't like scotch.Nose of smoke, the ocean, salt, and wood. This smells like a bonfire at the beach and tastes like it, too with smoke and sea salt on the palate.…

A few months ago I visited the Speyburn distillery as part of a blogger’s visit to some of the Inver House’s distilleries. The Speyburn distillery, is located in wonderful surrounding near Rothes , all…

Penderyn Aur Cymru, which does not have an age statement but a release date of July 08. It was in 2008 when Malt advocate awarded Penderyn 'Micro distllery of the year, in 2009's Whiskey Bible Jim Murry…

This 1992 Ardbeg, matured for 12 years in a sherry cask, seems to be one of the best discovery of Collecting Whisky, and should confirm the top level of Silver Seal bottlings. N: huge sherry influence…

The Classic Jonnie Walker Black label is one of the better blends, its a great starting place for anyone comming from the main steam blends such bells, or even JW Red label. For me JW Back was that…

Singleton - 10 Years Old (Auchroisk, Speyside)This expression seems to have an interesting History and as I understand it (I could be wrong) is no longer available, there are now 'singletons' produced…

This Port Ellen ‘spring’ bottling by McGibbon’s, under their Provenance label, has a full golden color. Sherry cask, maybe?The nose starts off creamy and lush. Typical oysters with salt and seaweeds are…

Douglas Laing, the independent bottler founded in 1949, has already released quite a few Port Ellen in their Old Malt Cask range. Each time, they bottle at the – according to them – ideal drinking str…

I prevously praised the Coal Ila and Bowmore that were released by Belgian bottler QV.ID, but this was the first release by Koen: a 28 Year Old Port Ellen.Initially, the nose is very sweet with a lot of…

Douglas Laing introduced the vatted malt (now blended malt) Big Peat several years ago. It contains Caol Ila, Bowmore, Ardbeg and even some Port Ellen. This year, they take it a step further. Big Peat…