All Whisky reviews

Colour dark copper/mahoganyBottle open 1 month 95% full, was a bit closed freshly opened.Nose: left to settle in in glass for ten minutes and the rich caramel, toffee aroma is flowing out of the glass…

Coleburn: beautiful building, interesting name, obscure product. Just the dram I was looking for…Description: not much is known about this one. distilled in 1965 back at the Speyside Coleburn Distillery…

This is one of the replacements for the old 12yo. That was an easy drinking whisky: smooth, sweet, but nothing special. But it was pretty cheap and not too bad. Since Dufftown doesn't have enough whisky…

Spirit of Hven Seven Stars No.2 Merak is a Swedish single malt, which earned 92,5 points from Jim Murray. I won't rate it as high but it is a promising start from the Backafallsbyn distillery. This is…

This is probably the most intensely nutty whisky I've tasted. Mainly almonds, or almond extract. Takes a bit of getting used to. On the nose there are toasted almonds, and also a decent amount of bour…

This has to be something for the Seven Samurai. I straight shooter, but a good one. Brings old Western movies to my mind so naturally, made me think of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. What were those samurais…

The nose immediately senses a delicious feast. Huge new barrel influence and a heavy char...rock maple shavings, choc ice-cream and bananas with cherries, a side of paper-thin prosciutto crudo, sweet…

When I first tasted this expression, I didn't really know what to make of it. It didn't have an age statement, but that was a trend that was beginning to take hold anyway. so I didn't think much of that…

While ago, I started a discussion about this Founder's Reserve replacing their 12YO expression in the UK (probably in other parts of the market as well in near future).I decided to give it a chance, even…

I remember my first Lagavulin and, yes, it was the 16; just like everyone else. Unlike most first-timers who can get dissuaded by the ashy peat and smoke my palate actually cut through that and went to…