All Whisky reviews

steady.... i love it!

A deep, honey-amber dram fills the glass. The legs cling to the walls and are in no hurry to descend. The nose is fruity, apple, lemon and peach all present. Also there is some honey and caramell.This…

Colour is pretty light for what is expected to be a very dark Guyanese rum cask.Nose is very rich and sweet. Reminds of sugar cane honey from Madeira or mead.Fairly rich, and coating as it is swallowed…

Colour is very light yellow, and officially Sleeman Cream Ale coloured.Nose is hot and prickly and a touch of smoke. Medium to light bodied.Flavours are predominately charcoal and chalk dust. Very sli…

Colour is a darker bronze than our previous drams this evening, no doubt impact from the added quarter cask ageing.Nose of burnt sugar and butter. Glazed ham.Flavours are something of a let-down after…

Colour is a dusty rose, no doubt the Petrus cask.Nose is ... uh ... phenolic? Not mediciney, more like the smoke effect of suckling pig (in a confined room). Small undertone of very fresh grain, wheat…

So, my first review. I figured I'd start with this bottle, since even if I mess it up, there'll be no harm done. Incidentally, that was the same way I came to own it. I was looking for something to take…

So...it's just been awarded ?"WORLD WHISKY OF THE YEAR 2012." by the prestigious "Jim Murray's Whisky Bible.” Scoring a record-equalling 97.5 points out of 100, it is only the third time that a single…

After a quick sip of frozen Bruichladdich Botanist we moved on to the Laddie Classic NAS.Colour is 5/16ths to the right of the gin, say about a youngish rum colour.Nose is of salt air, and dank alley.…

The last Caol Ila this week is the oldest: 27 years. It was distilled in 1983 and bottled by QV.ID, a Belgian retailer, in 2010. It matured on a refill sherry cask. The color and viscosity are enticing…