All Whisky reviews

Smooth fast floral and red fruit arrival, develops a mild sweet white fruit middle followed by a fast and thin vegetable loaded finish.

While waiting the 50 minutes in the lobby before being admitted to the Last Great Malts of Scotland (2 nights ago) I was offered a modest dram of this 12 year old blend. We were told "only one per per…

This is the new Miyagikyo no age-statement single malt released by Nikka on 1 September 2015 as a result of the radical restructuring of their whisky portfolio due to drastically depleted stocks. This…

Saw this sitting on the shelf at the duty free and took the plunge to get a bottle. Here are my findings:Nose: Gasoline, medicinal (think band aids), burning rubber, matches, sea spray. After letting it…

Nose: Very sweet, perfume, nose. Sweet barley intertwined with phenols and smoke is the main note. After sitting for a few minutes, it opens up to tangerine peels as well as licorice. Simple, pleasant…

Legend has it that just before heading up into management, a Wiser’s top distiller did a final run that was an “experiment”. He put together a mash of grains, and added a cup of milk he had intentionally…

Several weeks ago, MMM launched its inaugural release in the Animals Series. It was The Ape, a powerful Craigellachie 2008. For this second release, we chose The Tiger, a young but very accessible Tamdhu…

Glenallachie is one of those distilleries that you hardly hear from. That has everything to do with the fact that it is a silent partner in a whole lot of blends like Clan Campbell, House of Lords, White…

As we all know, Rosebank will never return. The distillery was mothballed in 1993 and all buildings and contents were sold to British Waterways in 2002. In the same year the maltings were demolished, and…

Another one of the marsupial distilleries: hiding in the belly of the larger Miltonduff distillery and carrying a full set of Lomond stills it was able to produce whisky in a wide variety of styles and…