All Whisky reviews

I had been a lover of rye whiskeys for quite awhile before I recently tried the (ri)1. I was very much looking forward to it. As always, I sampled this neat. Nose: Very little nose. Maybe the faintest…

Intro: Eagle Rare 17 yr old Bourbon is one of the five bottlings in the Sazerac Antiquities Collection, together with George T. Stagg Bourbon, William Larue Weller Bourbon, Sazerac 18 yr old Rye, and…

Intro: This review is of a bottle released in 2008. Old Overholt is an old Western Pennsylvania brand of Rye Whiskey which went under during Prohibition, only to be later revived in Kentucky as a Beam…

It has been my opinion since tasting this dram last year that it was only slightly better than Highland Park 12yr. However, I never gave it a good tasting, so I picked up another 5cl miniature to give…

The Glenlivet is not one of my favorite distilleries. I just don't find the whisky that appealing. I decided to give it another go, and try out some of Glenlivet's expressions that have escaped me. This…

Smooth at the beginning but strong charactered finish. Sweet and bright. Can drink several glasses without getting tired of the taste.The description on the bottle itself is actually spot-on.Prefer…

I consider Johnny Walker Black Label to be a very basic "anyone can drink" type of blended whisky. The double black is really a step up with a rather sweeter and dramatically smokier taste. It still…

This whisky has been reviewed very well, so I figured I owed it to The Glenlivet to try it, and give it a fair shake. This malt is a pretty light colored dram, coming in about pale straw. This expression…

After dealing with the flu for a week (in which no tastings could take place, obviously), I've finally gotten round to trying two Glenrothes. My first encounter with this Speysider was an independent…

Glenrothes has a whole range of vintages on the market. That means the bottles didn't get an age statement, but the year of distillation, on the label. This vintage 1987 was matured for about 40% on…