All Whisky reviews

A few months back Tomatin have announced the release of its new limited edition Moscatel finished whisky. The expression, which was distilled in 2003, was aged 15 years and has a limited run of just…

Nose: pine, vanilla ice cream, dark chocolate. Seems like an odd combo, but works well. Chocolate-covered cherries. Youthful, complex, and intriguing. Taste: full-bodied and rich with immediate impact…

On ice at Dry Martini Bar, Madrid. It pours clean and dark orangish amber. Aroma is very high: tobacco, leather, hazelnut, cinnamon and sweet orange. Mouthfeel is pungent, powerful and just slightly…

Nose: Actually not what i was thinking of when i read ‘sherry cask’. it’s not heavily sherried, more a fruity edge to it. first of all you get apples, baked apples, more like sweet apple sauce, but not…

On ice. Hazy and dark, wheat-hued. Medium intensity aromas: pineapple gummy bears (you know, the white ones), sweet'n'pungent spices (such as clove and sizzling cinnamon). Mouthfeel starts somewhat…

At a very reasonable £65, single malt scotch of this age is hard to come by. Independence has its benefits i suppose.Matured in bourbon and olorosso sherry casks this whisky is then vatted in small…

I’m a real fan of japanese whiskey, it is a shame age statements have become so expensive. The Hibiki 17 was a wonderful expression when it was available for £70ish and the nikka 12 is one i continue to…

his year saw the 10th Whisky Show , organized by the fine guys at The Whisky Exchange. In addition to the Epic tastings and many event (that i missed, yet again!), they bottle some fine whiskies for the…

We come to the second whisky released in the cool ‘future’ of whisky , this time it’s just ‘The Future’. So, the future is older grain? Not a bad future at all methinks. I am a big fan of older grains…

14 Year old Ardbeg... supposedly done in a sherry cask. That part of the label alone has me scratching my head - either it's some kind of white sherry that I didn't know existed, or it was an incredibly…