All Whisky reviews

Caol Ila is the largest distillery on Islay, pumping out 3.6 million litres of spirit a year. It was built by Hector Henderson in 1846, who sold it in 1852 to Norman Buchanan (owner of Jura). Five years…

A call to bloggers was launched on Facebook to find people willing to try the new Littlemill 25 Year Old on 14th October. And publish their finding, of course. I answered to the call and lo and behold…

Never head of Strathmore? Me neither. So this will be my first Strathmore. Apparantly it was a distillery known as North of Scotland, operational between 1957 and 1980. And while they experimented with…

This apparently is a "work in progress" towards the bottling of what is going to be their 12 year old. If my information is correct the nr.7 is 11 years of age and thus the last one before the "real" one…

This is a review for Batch 4, courtesy of a friend travelling across Canada. This one needs time to open up and was much more agreeable after a few months.Nose: rich red fruit, mint, nuttiness and a…

Another US acquisition, since buying whisky Ontario at the LCBO is a utter waste of time and money. I picked up this malt because a few reviewers describe it as being close to Port Ellen, particularly…

This one is courtesy of @paddockjudge, who always saves me samples of things I can’t get myself but would love to try.I haven’t tried too many Japanese whiskies before. Other than one a sip or two of the…

On a holiday in Japan I visited Yamazaki distillery a few days ago and made use of the opportunity to sample the Hibiki 30yo. Hibiki is made with malt whisky from Hakushu and Yamazaki as well as with…

Another sample courtesy of @paddockjudge. I’ve tried the Glenfarclas 105 10 year and found it a little rough, though it did improve with some water. Without going back and looking at that review, how…

My thanks to @whiskygoalie for the reviewed sample. The bottle has been open for 2 or 3 years, but in this case that is not a problem Willett/Kentucky Bourbon Distillers/KBD has done the aging on many…