All Whisky reviews

The Bowmore renaissance continues apace. Neat, his limited edition youngster, cask-strength and un-chill-filtered, starts with a beguiling mix of peat smoke, citrus and creme-caramel. The palate adds a…

Nose: very expressive with sweet sherry notes, fruit gums and tons of vanilla. Very warm and highly sensual. Fruit cake with candied orange bits. Raspberries. Hints of tobacco. Just enough oak polish.…

Nose: seems a bit more modest than most previous bottlings. The peat influence is rather soft and the grist is coated in a honeyed sweetness. Dried fruits and pears. More medicinal notes than other…

Bruichladdich and bourbon is so obviously such a wonderfully synergistic combination that it makes you question why, given their passion for cask enhancement, the boys from the Rinns haven't made more…

This is a fine example of a beautiful whisky, not from Scotland. What I get from the nose is a warm summers day. Running through a field, hands touching the wheat. Imagine that recurring scene from…

I recently wrote a review of the - surprisingly good - Clontarf Single Malt.Tonight, I tasted the Reserve, which is a blend of 80% of the single mail and 20% grain whiskies.The single malt is matured in…

Like melted chocolate.

I've talked to the new distillery owners at the spirits in the sky festival in Belgium, Leuven. I've tried the 12 year old being told that they are going back to the original sherry flavor.I am not such…

Simply put this is an incredible dram, for such an old age. Nose, spicy and fiery peppercorn. Sharp and spicey body. Long and tingly finish.

Quite a disappointing Macallan.