All Whisky reviews

This is a new release, sourced I suspect from George Dickel distillery (based on the nose and palate of the whiskey, not from any actual info I'm privy to). Nathan "Nearest" Green was a former slave of…

This single barrel is 19-04135, from rick R-16 and was bottled on June 18 2019.The colour is a dark amber. On the nose we have massive layers of oak, featuring dark chocolate, nougat and cinnamon, as…

This new bottling of Jack Daniel's goes back to the design of the early 1900s, with a green label and lots of old-tyme fonts. The liquid, though upped to 43% from the standard 40%, isn't meant to repl…

Yet another sample (3/5) most kindly sent from @Wierdo.I must confess that when I opened the little package this was the one that got me really excited. It's the fourth release of the Local Barley…

Another review from a sample (2/5) from @Wierdo.There is a story to this bottling it seems but the upshot being they've bottled some 10 year old Benrinnes under the name Stronachie as that is the malt…

Blackadder’s unique selling point is undoubtedly the cask residue on the bottom of each bottle. They are called Raw Cask for a reason, although that also refers to the cask strength. About 5 years ago…

This is a golden oldie, so tos peak. A Caperdonich from 1980, bottled by one of Scotland’s oldest and best known bottlers – Gordon & Macphail – a year after this Speyside distillery was closed. That was…

Benny is one of the regulars at the whisky tastings I host in Ghent. And during one of those tastings he handed me a sample. ‘You gotta try this’ he insisted. It’s a Caperdonich of 18 years, matured on…

It’s hard to resist the exclusive distillery bottlings where you are actually visiting the distillery. Trust me, been there more than my wallet cares to remember. But this one was filled by my Dutch…

Balblair’s claim to fame was the fact that they did not use age statements but vintages on their bottles. But the range was revamped in March 2019 and now it boasts ages on the labels once more. There…