All Whisky reviews

This was released as part of the second wave in the controversial Manager’s Choice series. It was a collection of rare single casks from the Diageo brands. While some of them seem to be of high quality…

Big Peat is a vatting of four Islay distilleries: Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and Port Ellen. The fact that it contains older whisky from Port Ellen, makes this an unusual offering. While other bottlers…

Following the success of last year’s Scottish Merchants’ Choice, Glengoyne has now invited some of England’s best known whisky retailers to select a single cask from their warehouses. It’s a 13 years old…

This is now my second bottle of Highland Park 12, so as you might expect, I rather enjoy this whisky. However, I managed to get through the entire first bottle before ever sitting down to do a proper…

This is my first Cambeltown Whisky and what a real pleasure. On the nose there is toffee, honey and sea-spray with a hint of spicecake and oranges, on the palate its smooth and buttery with honey and…

In 2009, the new Head Distiller of Auchentoshan, Jeremy Stephens, tried to put the distillery back on the map by organising a festival. Some 2600 visitors could purchase a bottle that was created espe…

After the success of the Auchentoshan Festival in 2009, Head Distiller Jeremy Stephens selected several sherry casks from 1998 and filled the first 200 numbered bottles for the 2010 Festival. Every…

ExhaustedThe Coopers Choice range is a label of the Vintage Malt Whisky Company, a relatively young independent bottler (founded 1992). Their best known release is probably Finlaggan, the undisclosed…

The Creative Whisky Company, of which David Stirk is the owner, releases whiskies in three 'Exclusive' categories. One of them is the Exclusive Range, single casks on 45%, non chill-filtered nor coloured…

Mr Duthies was a cousin of William Cadenheads. He ran WM Cadenhead Ltd from 1904 until his untimely death in 1931. It was this Duthies that gave Cadenhead the reputation it now enjoys as bottler of…