All Whisky reviews

I have a few new Canadian whiskies lying around, so let's go through them. Our first one is an odd duck. Gooderham & Worts is an old Canadian distillery, established in Toronto in 1832, that closed down…

Bottle from Master of Malt.Colour is a nice clear bright reddish/light brown. Oily but looks light in the glass. Nose is big, hot and complex. Can't get my nose right in the glass. Little too strong.…

I got very excited when I saw Eagle Rare 10 in Waitrose (upmarket UK supermarket) for a really good price (£36). Beautiful looking bottle design and I'm already a fan of Buffalo Trace, so had to try this…

So I came to W.L. Weller, having read a few articles here and there claiming a shared heritage between Van Winkle whiskeys and W.L. Weller releases. The fundamental similarity said to be that both inc…

Nose: Lovely oak and some light spice undertones. The oak is the star of the show and is multidimensional. Barrel char, old wood, and green wood all join together in harmony. Taste: Again the wood comes…

First Talisker and gone for the NAS Skye to open, I wanted to try something with a little more peat/smoke hence the baby step over to Islands before Islay.On fresh opening there is a lovely sweet aroma…

Because I mean, wow. I know that I have not paid much attention to you lately. I mean, you're not exactly full of surprises, and yet, color me surprised. The amount of fresh zippiness, and oo-de-lolly…

Caperdonich, a distillery from the 60’s building on the heritage of a long forgotten Speyside predecessor. Today with the single malt craze it would be unthinkable that another distillery would close its…

The reviewed sample is compliments of @NozinanNose: gentle, sweet, high-pitched Claret wine greets first and dominates the nose. Along with the grape there is a little tangerine marmalade. The Springbank…

On a recent visit to Japan I happened to check out Yamato Trading’s showroom in Osaka and tried a number of Golden Cask Series bottlings from The House of Macduff. Among them was this 20-year old Tomatin…