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Nose: Sweet on the nose, with the ‘trademark’ Macallan dried fruit, zest and chocolate. The chocolate elemnts here are quite distinct, and it’s a lovely combination. Very surprising stuff.Palate: Very…

This Dalmore is entirely Sherry aged, vatted from three different types of sherry casks: Matusalem, Apostoles and Amoroso Sherry.Nose: A bit of citrus, some grassy / floral notes , sherry with new cut…

This one is aged in American Oak for 14 years, then another 4 in spanish sherry butts.Nose: Orange, Cherries dipped in honey , sultanas and vanilla. Very yummy nose. A lot sweeter than the 15 year old…

Nose: An orgy of all things wonderful. It’s not a whisky, it’s a perfume. I swear i could be sniffing it all day long, and had i wore some on myself instead of perfume, the ladies would appreciate it …

Nose: Rich, thick fruits, sultanas, sugar, syrup and dates. Biscuity, Big and sweet.Palate: Big, thick fruit here as well.Plums,Prunes, Sultanas, Espresso, dark chocolate, buttery biscuit. Wow, it’s just…

Excuse the dreadful pun in the review title, but that's the most obvious characteristic of this delicious 'blend of all the Islay malts'. I quote from memory - indeed this review is a remembrance of the…

I have happy memories of the village of Aberfeldy in Perthshire, and I used to walk past the distillery twice in an evening for a month back in the eternal summer of 1968. I was 16 years old then and my…

What’s special about Asyla (which is the plural of asylum… the old crazy people’s home) is the fact that it is a blend of 50% single malt on the one hand and 50% single grain on the other. It matured on…

Compass Box was the first to bring a blended grain to the market. This is a blend of Cameronbrigde (and maybe some Cambus as well?) grain whisky of different ages. So no single malts in this Hedonism.…

The Peat Monster is again a little work of art by John Glaser, the whisky zealot from Compass Box. This blended malt (previously ‘vatted malt’) comprises Caol Ila, Laphroaig and Ardmore, all matured on…