All Whisky reviews

When I visited the Taiwan in January 2019, I brought two Distillery Reserve releases from the Kavalan Distillery: a Peaty Cask and a Rum Cask. The Peaty Cask stayed in Belgium, the Rum Cask went to…

I hear whisperings that this Sun Shine is not imported whisky, but actually distilled and matured in Japan. Could this be the case? Wakatsuru Shuzo was founded in the 19th Century as a brewery, making…

Taketsuru is a Japanese Pure Malt from the Nikka stables, composed with single malts from both Yoichi and Miyagikyo. The age statement versions (12, 17, 21, 25 and 35) are long gone – or, if you do find…

First off, big thanks to @Wierdo for the sample! He reviewed this here on Connosr (https://www.connosr.com/glen-grant-smws-9-157-i-drambled-lonely-as-a-cloud-whisky-review-12855) and wasn't that impr…

Every year Manny and I try to put an odd one out in our series. In the Animal Series it was the French Armorik single malt, in the Galaxy Series the Invergordon single grain, in the Antarctica Series the…

I'm gearing up for Sober September starting on Tuesday, September 3, ergo I'm trying to get through some samples this weekend. This review is of a 2012 bottling of Bunnahabhain's 18 Year Old. I'm assu…

This review has more blab but feel free to skip ahead.The whisky formerly know as "Pure Pot Still" has had a tumultuous history. It was created as a middle finger to the government, who imposed a malt…

The next couple of reviews are based around an exploration of Irish single pot still whiskey. It's a style I have been drawn to of late and the historical elements are just as fascinating as the whisky…

This review is from a sample provided by @Astroke via @Nozinan. The bottle was 1/4 full when the sample was poured. I sampled this from a copita.From what the internet tells me, The Tyrconnell is pro…

This was a sample graciously provides by @Nozinan. The sample was poured May 29 2019, and the bottle was opened April 29. All tasting notes and scoring were done blind.**Tasting Notes*** Nose (undiluted…