All Whisky reviews

Nose: leans heavily towards butterscotch and brown sugar, unsurprisingly. But in the mellow aroma there is also oaky spice, fresh wood, the slightest hints of dill and dried leaves. Deceptively complex…

Knob Creek is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced by Beam Suntory at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky. This straight rye whiskey version was first released in July 2012 and…

 This Bowmore twelve year old has the classic peat of an islay with a new set of flavors to caress your pallet.      Floods of honey, and a citrus flavour of lemon/orange to commingle on the pallet with…

I may have mentioned this before but Glengoyne was one of my very first purchases when I started discovering single malts. Luckily for me it was the 21 year old that I was getting flogged.I remember…

Old gold in colour, maybe even a touch of red gold about it. I used to love this expression for its plumy fruity flavours which were fairly unique, but in recent years it’s lost that profile and become…

Wiser's 18 Year Old is a classic Canadian whisky somewhat notorious in some circles for batch variation. I wrote a review some years ago on a previous batch (which was quite nice), and this is a diffe…

Full amber in colour and no suggestion of artificial colouring. Sweet sherry, burnt toffee, leather and coca on the aroma. The palate is full of rich sherry cask influences but much more than that is…

To enjoy the nose, let it breathe for a while. Sherry notes are not obvious, but for sure make some impact. There is also mild peat, heather and tofee. After several minutes becomes more sherried and…

Nose: grass, sea air, malt, marzipan. On the palate it's fresh, dry, little bit salty and peppery. Finish is herbal and short. There ist everything ok with this whisky, just don't expect too much. Per…

Nose: light, very flowery and grainy. Palate: caramel, vanilla, peanuts, malt. Finish is tannic and short. Enjoyable, but expected much more.