All Whisky reviews

Nose: Smoke and peat, lots of fried bacon, stewed lemons, buttered toast, burning leaves, bandages, vanilla, maple syrup, cashews, salty cookie dough, road tar. Becomes more buttery and floral with water…

Nose: Sweet malt, marshmallows, lemon meringue, pie crusts, plenty of vanilla. Soft spoken and gentle.Taste: Dry and tart arrival. Quite different from the nose. Lemons, barley, and a gentle sweetness…

Nose: Lovely honey, almonds in the form of wedding cake, nutmeg, pineapple, sweet lemons, a perfect amount of wine influence.Taste: Lots of honey again, lemon pie, amaretto, sweet tea, vanilla. Very…

Nose: Lots of toffee, lots of sherry, a fantastic eggnog note, cinnamon, brandy soaked fruits, black pepper, a hint of salt, sweet oak, vanilla.Taste: Sherry, buttercream frosting, toffee, a bit of spice…

Nose: Toffee, oregano, spearmint, a whiff of sherry, raisins, salty ocean breeze, Earl Grey tea, graham crackers, milk chocolate fudge, s'mores, almonds, gremolata, a bit of smoke, charcoal, hay, toasted…

The Guys at Amrut Single Malt never cease to surprise, and this new expression is one of their new releases for 2011. Batch #1 was a success, and batch #2 follows , but with some radical changes: diff…

In august 2011 GlenDronach launched no less than 6 new single casks at cask strength. The youngest is a 17 Year Old oloroso sherry butt from 1994, the oldest a 40 Year Old Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheon…

GlenDronach launched 6 new single casks in august 2001, ranging from 17 to 40 year old, all on sherry casks. This 20 Year Old PX sherry puncheon, number 1032, was filled on 29th August 1990 and yielded…

Every year, GlenDronach bottles, exclusively for the Belgian market, a cask in their unique concept ‘Cask in a Van’. In 2010, this was an 8 Year Old on virgin oak. In 2011 it was an 8 Year Old on a PX…

Continuing with my Jack Daniel's journey, the just-came-to-Canada Tennessee Honey liqueur is not a favourite - mind you, I'm not a liqueur fan at the best of times, anyway. Thick syrupy body (as expected…