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Ardmore distillery is located in the far South-East of Speyside, at the edge of the Grampian mountains. The name Ardmore apparently derives from the Gaelic 'Ard moi' meaning 'Big Slope', a reference to…

I have tried a few Glengoyne expressions before and it sometimes reminds me a little bit of Arran. Nothing has bowled me over so far but I did enjoy the 15yr old which seemed to take really well to the…

Old Grandad 114Word on the street was that good ol' JB was considering discontinuing this popular and affordable high proof bourbon. Thankfully that didn't come to fruition. I picked this bottle up in…

This is an old mini that was part of a bunch of Bushmills minis I bought at Scotch Whisky Auctions a year or so ago. They've been hit-and-miss so let's see how this compares to both another old mini of…

Nose: sweet, creamy vanilla cake. I am melting a single ice cube in the glass, because otherwise this whisky is just too hot and tart to fully enjoy. As the ice melts it releases more enticing vanilla…

What can one say about Octomore that hasn't been said before? Is this whisky all about muscular posturing (my peat's bigger than yours)? Is it for peat nerds who must own every single edition (like…

This, launched in 2017, is the second of five annual "local barley" releases announced by Springbank in 2016. It comes after the first release, a 16-year old, that was brought to market in 2016. This…

The Blue Jays pulled off an almost unheard of comeback in the bottom of the ninth, capped by Steve Pearce’s second walk-off grand slam this week. Of course it all happened right after I turned off the…

I can't believe it's been a full month since I wrote my last review - it's been a very busy July! Time to get back at it, methinks. This one is part of the standard Tyrconnell range of 10 year old single…

I previously tasted the first three batches and recently – at a tasting in Ghent – batch 6, the most recent at this point. I had not yet been able to get my hands on batch 4 or 5. But now I’m halfway…