All Whisky reviews

The next exclusive bottling for TWE i am about to review is this 22-year-old whisky which was distilled at Highland Park in 1995. The liquid was aged in a single refill hogshead (American oak). It is…

TWE have recently added some very exciting Exclusives, of which I am about to review three. The first of which is already online and is a signatory bottling, of a very popular Islay distillery – no other…

This is a review of a 6 (and a half) year old Ledaig malt from Signatory. It's the combination of two first fill bourbon barrels - NCF, natural colour and at 46% - about a third gone and open almost…

This is an abbreviated version of a post I'll publish tomorrowFor those who don't know, Compass Box buys casks of whisky from other distilleries, blends them in precise ratios, ages them further in…

Nose: What a stunning nose on this one : delicious candied orange, and ripe blood oranges, some marmalade and old wooden furniture (libraries, church stools). The sherry is here in a big way, with XMAS…

Nose: luscious sweetness. Classic sherried Speyside aromas: chocolate orange, toffee, vanilla fudge. Taste: smooth and silky with big fruit and gentle spice. Toasted oak on the back of the tongue. …

this is an abbreviated version of today’s blog postSome may remember my review of my first abominable bottle of this whisky. Needless to say, Glenfarclas went put of their way to make this right and I’m…

The Tùsail is the 6th whisky in the so-called Private Edition series (previously there was also the Sonnalta PX, Finealta, Artein, Ealanta and Companta; the successors of the Tùsail are the Milsean and…

The Ten Year Old was rechristened Original when LVMH took over. It is still matured for ten years in oak from the forest in the Ozark Mountains, of which Glenmorangie is the owner. This is their entry…

This Blair Athol from 1988 was handpicked by The Whisky Exchange from the stocks of Signatory. Signatory’s warehouses can in fact be found in Pitlochry (at the Edradour distillery), a mere 7 kilometres…