All Whisky reviews

Today I tried a head-to-head tasting of three core range bottles from Laphroaig, the famous distillery on Islay. I tried the 10 Year Old, the 15 Year Old and the 10 Year Old Cask Strength. Let’s begin…

The color is almost the same as that of the 10 Year Old and the ABV is slightly higher. But that’s where the comparison ends.This one smells medicinal as well, but less sweet and even less peated than…

This one has a nice dark sheen and great legs. This is going to be good, I’m sure.OMG, what a fantastic nose! After the truckload of alcohol, on a wave of peat, seaspray and some medicinal touches, the…

A long morn is often what I've ended up with after opening a bottle of whisky - either in the good sense of going to bed as the sun comes up, or in the less fair sense of wishing I could go back to bed…

Nose: butter croissant and other types of sweet pastry. Brown sugar. It shows more fruit than other Americans (apple, banana). Some spices. Light leather. Vanilla cake. Hints of mint. Very smooth and…

Nose: apples and cinnamon. Apricots and tangerine. Hints of pineapple on syrup. Some kiwi. Quite warm with hints of cake and lemon pie. Honeysuckle. Very sweet. Mouth: indeed very sweet but it shows more…

Nose: instant notes of pears poached in wine. Tangerine and cinnamon. Hints of raspberry and pink grapefruit. Angelica fruit cake with a few floral hints. Not far away from the sherry version. Quite good…

Nose: sweet like a dessert wine, with lots of honey and caramel. Quite elegant hints of crème brûlée and cinnamon. Some milk chocolate. Not as lush and vibrant as its sibling Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX,…

Nose: malty/fruity start with tangerine, ripe gooseberry, lots of pear and honey. Vanilla cream. Some caramel. There’s a buttery side to it that I don’t like too much, but overall not bad. Mouth: weak…

This is my very first Glen Scotia, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I found that Glen Scotia operates by the grace (and in the shadow) of her big brother Springbank and is in dire need of investment.…