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Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: As the bottle label does it's best to explain, this is meant to be a marriage of peated malt with the Famous Grouse blend, so naturally…

So I thought I would treat myself today as I just finished a bit of commission work I had been doing. I headed on down to one of my favorite wine/liquor stores and was set to browse around until I found…

Johnnie Walker makes some good blends. This is the exception. It puzzles me how Black Label is so respectable while just below it on the Johnnie ladder the Red is so terrible. Must be made from the…

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: Immense fruit and spice, perfectly balanced. There is a deep and sophisticated sweetness to it, accentuated by the high alcohol content…

I approached this one with slightly less excitement than I usually do with an SMWS bottling – I haven't been overwhelmed by the Bowmore whisky I've tried in the past. When it comes to Islay I love Ardbeg…

Nose: youthfulness leads to a bit of an isopropyl alcohol, a bit astringent, soft vanilla, fresh fruit come across, followed by a ripe manure scent, peat is apparent but soft, non-medicinal (nothing like…

Any whisky connoisseur will tell you that we all buy Clynelish's to try and find that one magic bottle the recaptures some of the old Brora magic. So we'll see how we get on with this young on', bottle…

This is a unique vatted whisky by Sheep Dip. A blend of Dalmore, Fettercairn, and Ardbeg. After blending, these whiskys are left to age for additional 15 years, making for a wonderful marriage. This is…

The German Indie Malts of Scotland released 219 bottles of this ex-bourbon cask, number 800266, at a strength of 58,7%. The sister cask 800267 was released last year and well received (215 bts). This one…

The Tormore distillery was the first Scottish distillery to be built in the 20th century (in 1958-1960), and sounds like one of the more intriguing distilleries to visit - some Googling tells me it has…