All Whisky reviews

I'm spending my Sunday afternoon reviewing two Macallans (though really tasting three). The first is a newer product called the Double Cask 12 Year Old, which is a combination of whiskies matured in both…

The Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition from 2000 was a disappointment, but let me try again with a bottling from 20 years ago. This is the Distillers Edition from 1980, bottled in 1997.Again the nose offers…

The yearly Distillers Edition of most Diageo malts is double matured; in the case of Dalwhinnie on oloroso sherry casks. This is the most recent one, distilled in 2000 and released this year.Next to…

When I first saw an ad fort his NAS expression by Dalwhinnie, I could not believe my eyes. ‘Drink it straight from the freezer!’, it said. It would make this dram creamy and fruity. Seriously? Sorry, but…

Dalwhinnie is one of the first distilleries I visited (way back in 2010). A lovely distillery at an even lovelier location. But they do not have many expressions. Besides the classic Dalwhinnie 15, they…

Four Roses single barrel. Warehouse: MWBarrel: 50 2FFresh bottle, this dram has been sitting out for about 45min while I mounted a TV on the wall...Nose: Very floral. Sweet flower petals. Vanilla custard…

This is an abbreviated version of a post that will be published on my blog tomorrowI take jabs at Irish whiskey all the time, but I don't really worry about offending anyone, since, as far as I can tell…

In Spring 2017, there was much ado about this Highland Black 8 Year Old, a blend that – according to the international press – took home the top award in a blind tasting. Top award? It got a silver medal…

Nose: fruit, and lots of it. Fresh fruit, stewed fruit. Apples, pears, peaches, plums. Also some caramel sauce. This is very nice. The classic malty, mossy Glenfiddich character is complemented well…

If I had paid more attention to the label I might have noticed that this mainly consists of "high-rye bourbon" from Indiana. MGP? Most likely, though the whiskies they are known for are not high-rye…