All Whisky reviews

Seldom will you come across a bottling of Balmenach. Licensed in 1824, this Speyside distillery was sold to DCL 100 years later, remaining in constant production until 1993. A 12-year-old became part of…

Bottled 2015, one of G&M’s private editions where they decided to try finishing Caol Ila in a Hermitage Cask. Having never tried hermitage wine, I thought it would be a fun adventure. Batch size of…

I'm beginning to become acquainted with the Ardmore distillery a bit of late, well some of its products I should say, and find myself with a bottle of the Legacy. Often available for £20 in the UK so…

Let’s dig up an old (well, somewhat) Glen Scotia. It was distilled in 1992 and after 17 years of slumber in a sherry cask, bottled in 2010 by German indie Malts of Scotland. At cask strength, mind you…

This Glen Scotia comes in the new, very nice bottle (a welcome change from the weird bottles with the psychedelic colors and cows) and was bottle at drinking strength in 2015. It matured in American Oak…

Since 1996, Glen Scotia is in the hands of Loch Lomond Company. In my opinion it is still trying to find its own identity, judging by the rate at which the packaging changes look. More than 3 times in…

Every year, there is also a Season’s Greetings edition of the Campbeltown Loch for Christmas. Thanks to my buddy Pat, I was able to get a hold of the 2016 release. It is clearly darker than the rather…

Campbeltown Loch is marketed by J & A Mitchell. They are also the owners of the Springbank and Glengyle distilleries. Insiders say this affordable blend is created with the single malts Springbank and…

Hazelburn was a distillery in Campbeltown that produced exactly 100 years, from 1825 to 1925. And while she has now been closed for nearly a century, a single malt of the same name has been produced at…

Campbeltown Commermoration is a series from the 1980s by Eaglesome Ltd, consisting of 5cl miniatures. It is an homage to the different distilleries from Campbeltown such as Albyn, Ardlussa, Argyll,…