All Whisky reviews

When I first tried the Finlaggan Cask Strength, I was quite satisfied. So when my whisky buddy Pat offered me a sample of a recent release – 18th May 2015 – I gladly took and will try that today.Soot,…

I quite liked the Finlaggan Sherry finish. That, to me, is more than enough reason to try their Port finish as well.The nose shows lots of earth, grapefruit, lacquered bacon and rhubarb. A hint of mashed…

We know that Finlaggan is a single malt from Islay, but which one? I have been told that they have already bottled Lagavulin, Laphroaig and Caol Ila. I wonder what this Eilean Mor has on offer. Does…

Big Peat is very popular, something Douglas Laing understands very well. That explains why there are so many ‘limited releases’ like the Belgian Edition, London Edition, Edinburgh Edition, Swiss Edition…

Warning – Repetition Alert - Because people may read this independently from my last review, some of the information in the pre-amble is copied from it and pasted for completeness (with some changes)…

Back in 2009 (I think) the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Glenora could continue using the name Glen Breton. Apparently it was a 9 year court battle waged by the SWA, which was concerned that the…

There is this strange, quite folkloric legend about Christmas in the north of France and in Belgium. It involves an anti-character called "Père Fouettard" (or Black Peter for the Flemishs). He is a total…

If the genie in the bottle were a spirit, it could live in one of these 50 cl bottles, which seem to come straight from an old alchemist. It's a vatted (or blended) malt from different Islay malts,…

This was possibly the first bourbon I had that really sold me to it as a quality product worth investigating further - and I've barely scratched the surface to be fair. From what I gather this is a…

When on Islay, be sure to bring home a bottle that you cannot find anywhere else, like this Distillery Exclusive 2017 from Lagavulin. I brough a bottle for my buddy Manny, who opened it immediately and…