All Whisky reviews

I’ve never had a Benrinnes before, so it was one of the factors in my decision to purchase the Boutique-y whisky company’s advent calendar when it went on sale for half price at the LCBO. I don’t know…

Sweeter than its stable mates, You are fit hit by the dried fried on the nose, hints of coca, expresso and rosted chillis, there is a complex finish with slight speyside style kick followed soft smooth…

A very popular one this, so it would seem, and I had waited a good while after my pleasing experiences with the regular 12 to grab one of these and, yes, I'm glad I did!Bottle's been open a couple of…

Scotch whisky regions eh! You can tell roughly what a scotch will be like by the region it comes from.Islay - Antiseptic and peaty.Lowland - Light and smooth.Speyside - Rich with dried fruits.So Benro…

Glenfiddich Fire & Cane is the fourth release in the "Experimental Series". It's matured in ex-bourbon casks for an undisclosed period of time and then finished for 3 months in "South American" rum casks…

The Brackla distillery – founded by Captain William Fraser of Brackla in 1812 – can be found close to Cawdor Castle, famous from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In 1835 it got a royal warrant from King William…

The last Royal Lochnagar that I tried, just over a year ago, was the Selected Reserve from 2003. At the time, I thought it was the best Lochnagar I had tried to date (admittedly that was only 6) and look…

This Royal Salute Stone of Destiny is named after the slab of rock that was used between the 9th and 14th Century to crown Scottish (and later British) kings. In 1296 the Stone was moved to London, but…

Our 7th and last Irish, timed perfectly with March 17! This is the new expression of Writers' Tears, courtesy of Walsh Whiskey (whose The Irishman Founders Reserve I wrote about a few days ago). This one…

A golden oldie, so to speak. This Bushmills was distilled in 1975 and after a quarter century of maturation bottled in the so-called Millennium Malt series. Quite a few casks were bottled at that tiem…