All Whisky reviews

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…

In 2008, Auchentoshan released this limited edition of 1.800 bottles for the duty free range – it is available at the distillery shop (online) as well. I paid 150 EUR for it, shipping included.The Auc…

It's rare that I get a chance to sit and fully enjoy the delights of older drams. Nose: For it's age this whisky presents a little hit of spirituous spice followed by a wiff of barley sugar dropping into…

The first Glen Scotia I tried (not so long ago) was also a single cask from Malts of Scotland, but that was a sherry butt. This is a bourbon hogshead, cask 1926, bottled exclusively for Belgium.The…

This Bunnahabhain (say ‘boona-havn’) matured on a sherry butt for 17 long years, being distilled on the 25th of May 1992 and bottled in april 2010. On the nose you’ll find the sweet touches of sherry and…

Nose: youthful corn, clean peat, no smoke, medicinalAppearance: light color, low oak influencePalate: brine, kosher salt, chalk, cask strength is apparent, hot on roof of the mouth on the finish, nice…

Nose: sweet sherried fruit, some sappy oak (which is good, but doesn’t sound that sexy) notes but no bitter cocoa/espresso notes here. Milk chocolate (Milka) a wee bit of lemon splashes in the background…