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Saw this on the whisky exchange and just couldn't resist, based on the beautiful chocolate expresso colour alone. 115€ for a 20 year old, full term sherry maturation seems o.k. It sold out fast, but they…

...or, alternate title, "Ten Bucks, The Bottom Shelf, a Plastic Bottle, a Screw Cap, 40% ABV, No Age Statement, Heavy Char, and...a Whiskey Worth Buying." I reviewed my first bottle of Virginia Gentleman…

The reviewed sample was provided thanks to @Robert99. Thank you, Robert! Colour: very paleNose: moderate to moderately strong intensity. There is plenty of brine, acrid smoke, bitter peat, sweet peat,…

Everyone who reviewed the Glenlivet Founder’s reserve got dragged into the NAS vs. Age Statement argument. I prefer not to get involved: no angry rants or sycophant flattery in this review. I’d just like…

Following the quest to try as much of every lost distillery before they waste away for good, I opened one of three Glenury Royal samples/miniatures that I still have in my possession. To me this Stone…

Spicy, and rigid up front. Slightly sweet, extremely oaky, light char. Faint butterscotch in there too. Overwhelmingly dominated by the spicy unrefined alcohol bite, overall I like it and largely for its…

Port Charlotte Scottish Barley is made from 100% Scottish-grown barley that has been peated to a level of 40ppm. For the maturation ex-bourbon casks were used almost exclusively, with a smaller part…

The Glenfiddich Cask Collection is a new range for the global traveler. Three expressions were released: Select Cask, Reserve Cask and Vintage Cask. Let me start with the Select Cask, which is a marriage…

I didn't have a lot of Bunnahabhain but I usually have a vegetable note that I don't like, something like boiled cabbage. But not with this one. Toiteach means smoky, so its name is a program in itself…

The Glenfiddich Cask Collection is a new range for the global traveler. Three expressions were released: Select Cask, Reserve Cask and Vintage Cask. Let me try the Reserve Cask, which matured on oloroso…