All Whisky reviews

The craze for Japanese whisky is still in full swing, some blame Jim Murray's 2014 proclamation that Japanese Whisky was the best in the world as one of the catalysts for this state of affairs, as much…

Admittedly, I’m probably a little biased towards this one. For me, bourbon was typically that sickly sweet corn flavored liquid that tasted the same across most brands. Elijah Craig 12 was the bourbon…

It’s a warm lazy Sunday afternoon and I’m not in the mood to be doing anything to write home about, so I’m at home writing about whisky. This comes from a sample bottle from a friend of mine who nearly…

This is an NAS single malt from an undisclosed Islay distillery. This brand comes from Ian Macleod's company, who's portfolio includes, Isle of Skye, Glengoyne & Thamdu among others.Like most of these…

This one has been sitting for a while, which has done it good. Whilst 43%, the nose is quite strong but calms with some 20min resting. All the classic sherry elements are there, but there is also a bit…

This was dram #4 during an in-store tasting following the rather disappointing JW Ghost & Rare. When I heard that Highland Park were launching a whisky called full volume, I thought they would be rele…

Ok I promise this is my last JW review for a bit, I took my time on this one but it's still something I sampled in store so I'm only giving it an overall score, my standard method is multiple samples…

Another whisky sampled in store, this session was Johnnie Walker focused, I know it's a brand that gets much love/hate. I personally like Black Label, It's one of the whiskys responsible for getting me…

It's easy to feel a little sad for An Oa... with an elder and oh, so accomplished sibling like Uigeadail it seems inevitable that it'll be destined to comparison, rather than considered on its own merit…

This set of reviews are from the last in-store tasting I attended in early April. I arrived a bit later which meant it was less crowded and I could take my sweet ass time taking notes and somewhat ant…