All Whisky reviews

Chieftain’s is, as you are probably aware, is one of the labels by Ian Macleod Distillers – independent bottler and also distillers as they own Tamdhu & Glengoyne and are currently working hard to revive…

You do not often see Port Ellen on sherry. This bottling was released some 12 years ago by Dewar Rattray (A.D. Rattray nowadays) by order of the Belgian importer The Nectar. I presume it was the part of…

In 2009 the Belgian importer The Nectar bottled this Port Ellen. Only 193 bottles were available and obviously those are all gone. Thanks to a Dutch friend, I was able to secure a sample. Oh, lovely nose…

How many whisky festivals have ever bottled a Port Ellen, I wonder. Not many, I presume. But in 2009 the visitors of the Milano Whisky Festival were able to purchase this 26 years old Port Ellen at cask…

In December I tried a Port Ellen for the first time in years. No surprise as it does not cross my path that often and I am not willing to give up my left arm for a bottle. This cult whisky is now so…

Not something I would normally buy, but I received a bottle as a gift and so I thought I'd might as well analyze it a bit.On the nose there is a good deal of honey, a surprising amount now that I cons…

This blended malt from Wemyss combines single malts that were matured exclusively in oloroso sherry casks. Non-chill-filtered, only 6000 bottles were made when it was released in 2015. Thank you to Rick…

The Sivo family came to Quebec from Hungary, where they distilled fruit brandies. They've applied their experience to whisky making, making a single malt and now a rye whisky. This is a blend of 2/3…

I was brought this by a colleague as a Christmas present. I don't drink a lot of beer but when I do I tend to go for an IPA so I was a little intrigued by this.NoseVery light nose. Citrus fruits, apple…

I like this rye. No mystery here. I really liked the 2017 12 YO first edition, and I liked the single cask version of the 11 YO at SOT this year, and I like this release. A lot. If that’s all you need…