All Whisky reviews

Redbreast 12 has always been a christmas favourite of mine - £40 in the sales in the UK ... i just wish the cask strength was as reasonably priced here as in the US (£80-90 here ) NoseDark fruits with…

This is from a sample sent to me by @wierdo (again, many thanks, my friend!). Nose - Rich and enticing. Leather, a touch of smoke, coffee, ginger and sherry. Complex. Prickly yet softTaste - Soft.…

I have tried my fair share of old grain – including Invergordon, the grain distillery owned by Whyte & Mackay and only founded in 1959. So this is a distillate from the first lustrum, that slept on a rum…

Cameronbridge – one of the few grain distilleries in the Highlands – produces mostly for the blenders. J&B, Bell’s, Johnnie Walker, Vat 69, White Horse… they are all customers. But from time to time you…

Cambus is no more. It was founded in 1813 and at one point was the largest in Scotland, but it has been closed for good since 1993. Today there is only a – fully automated – cooperage. Let me try a…

This is the first (and so far, only) Westland cask bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. This 5 year old whiskey was distilled October 3rd, 2011 and bottles were made available to Society members…

This single cask was released in September 2016 with an outturn of 168 bottles. The spirit is Westland's signature 5-malt mash bill (Washington select Pale, Munich, Extra Special, Pale Chocolate and…

Longrow is the heavily peated version of Springbank. The one I try today is the new 14 year old on refill oloroso. 9.000 bottles were produced. If you want one, it will set you back some 100 EUR.I have…

Tasting it right away, as I write this review. Present of my dear friend Ana, thanks!It pours dark wheat to light amber, slightly hazy. Mid-intensity aroma is cereal fields, dry pine cone, pineapple…

Let’s finish this line-up of Port Ellen samples with this official bottling from the famous Rare Malts Selection (the predecessor of the Diageo Special Releases). It has spent almost as much time in the…