All Whisky reviews

Filliers will soon launch a new product. It will not be called Goldlys this time. They put their marketing department to work to give their Belgian rye whisky a whole new story. Sunken Still is a tribute…

At the whiskyfestival Spirits in the Sky last november, Andrew Symington offered me this sample and said I simply had to try it. Great sherried nose on dark fruit, orange marmalade, chocolate, almonds…

This Edradour spent around 9 years in a Sauternes wine cask. It was distilled in 2006, meaning it is a spirit from the era of Andrew Symington’s team (as they took over the distillery in 2002). Hence I…

You are probably aware that I have a soft spot for new make. It took quite some doing, however, to get hold of some from Edradour. It is not commercially available, so I am very happy with my little…

NOSE: hazelnuts, marzipan and fresh fruits (orange flesh, green apples, pears). Pastry cream, vanilla, orange zest and a very remote note of peat. There's a touch of that Talisker 10 / Old Pultney 12…

We trudged in single file along the narrow road leading out of Bowmore and up towards the Gaelic school. The six of us, all wearing Malt Activist t-shirts in a show of solidarity, were headed to a Dou…

Every couple of weeks I wake up with a hankering for Islay and since I don’t have the luxury of being spontaneous I do the next best thing. I go over the hundreds of pictures and videos I have in my…

This is the part where I write about how Balvenie is a super solid distillery and how David Stewart is arguably one of the best whisky makers the industry has ever seen. And that I have yet to meet a…

As the sun sets on the old Connosr website and we eagerly anticipate its rebirth on the new site, I’m sure I’m not the only one itching to post the “last review” . This is my attempt to end it all with…

My thanks to @paddockjudge for the reviewed sample. Blanton's brand single-barrel bourbon is made at Buffalo Trace Distillery, but is owned by the company Age International, which controls where it is…