All Whisky reviews

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…

All single barrel/single cask whiskies present opportunities unique to the barrel at hand. Sometimes, as in the case of this reviewed bottle, a batch whisk(e)y is available in a special single barrel,…

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…

The reason why Miltonduff is not very well known as a single malt has everything to do with the fact that owners Chivas use the lion’s share of production for blends like Ballantine’s, Teacher’s and Old…

I Had found some great reviews about previous Springbank 12yo CS versions, and was keen to try batch 10 (2015 release) myself.Matured in a combo of 70% Ex-Sherry and 30% Ex-Bourbon casks. Hard to say if…

@paddockjudge and I recently made a trip to Forty Creek to visit the distillery and see the release of the new limited edition whisky. We both tried it, and weren't very impressed - the whisky has grown…

Wow! a deliciously sweet and fragrant dram, cost me a bit in The Albanach ob Edinburgh's Royal Mile but worth every penny, £12.95 Nose..dry, sherry quite sweet with smoke and peat. Palate...sherry and…

Another offering from Tomatin distillery, this is another bottle your own offering, in cask date is 18-01-06.. Bottled 25-9-15..So it is a 9yo single cask from virgin oak, bottled at a lip smacking 60%…

The Nectar, a Belgian bottler with a very strong reputation with regards to cask selection, bottled this Clynelish 1995 for the German market, albeit some 5 years ago. I sometimes get the question why…

Nose: sweet. Vanilla and lemon buttercream icing. A tad thin and insubstantial but pleasant nonetheless.Taste: light-bodied on the tongue, starting off sweet but becoming bitter a little too fast. Som…