All Whisky reviews

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…

In my experience I have found HP to have an awful lot of batch variance in their releases, particularly their standard 12YO. Sometimes it's a rich smokey experience, other times I've found it rather…

This is not a luxuary whisky. “This is not a luxuary whisky”imageOr is it ?This is the latest offering from independent whisky maker compass box. Compass box was started in 2000 by John Glaser, they have…

This is my second rye whisky, the first one being the Bulleit 95 Rye, which I really enjoyed. With the limited availability around these parts, Rittenhouse Straight Rye seemed like a natural step forward…

Not, not Gorm. Garm! As in the Norse god dog aka "Hound of Hel." Yes, this peaty surprise has got me rolling my eyes in pleasure.It's not all that sophisticated but it's satisfying. Reminds me a little…

Nose: Weak, Tarry ropes, heather, tundra flowers, curdled milk, caramel.Mouth: Very balanced attack that yields to camphor, bees wax, butterscotch, mild peat, no smoke, Silver Needle white tea, treacle…

Amber coloured with a strong aroma of peaty smoke rich in phenols, almost like macadam. The flavours are not much different with lots of attack not surprisingly, but the peat smoke is difficult to get…

This is a blend, there is a 12 year old single malt in the Tullamore range which I will review in due course. There is a coppery hue to this dram, which gives rise to some very accessible aroma notes of…

Judging by the dark color of what is in my glass, the spirit of this Miltonduff slept on a rather active sherry cask. First fill, most likely. Anyway, it is young: distilled in 2004 and bottled after 11…

C&S Dram is a German independent bottler run by Andrea Cammineci (the name reveals his Italian roots), who started out as a wine merchant in 2005. Let us try his Miltonduff 1989 from a sherry hogshead…