All Whisky reviews

I was on a bit of a shopping spree when I came across this funny sounding whisky. What's a Stronachie? I asked my self. Never heard of it. Tried to do a bit of research but there was precious little…

I was just going through my emails when I saw one from a certain Carin Luna-Ostaseski. Who's she? I wondered.As it turns out she's a former digital creative who decided that it would be a good idea to…

There's a certain old school way of making single malt whiskies that I really like. No frills. Just good old-fashioned traditional whisky making.Distill some quality spirit. Stick it in a high quality…

Triple distilled and matured in three woods, American oak, Oloroso Sherry casks and finished in port pipes. I’m sipping this malt in our newly constructed conservatory, and while the weather outside is…

Triple distilled and matured in two woods, presumably American oak and sherry casks as the 16 year old, but without the finishing. A golden coloured dram with an appetising nose replete with juicy malt…

The colour is a deep reddish bronze (pretty identical to the 47). On the nose, damp tobacco leaves, plums, rum-raisin, old leather, Christmas cake. Some papaya as well. Light molasses and cloves. More…

The Nectar selected this cask and had it bottled by Andrew Symington's Signatory. It was presented at the Spirits in the Sky festival last November. This adolescent Clynelish is very, very pale.The nose…

This is already the 40th Clynelish that I have the fortune to try. Taste Still, a Belgian bottler, launhed this Clynelish for the Whisky Live Festival in Spa in 2010 – in a beautiful decanter. There is…

This is a single cask Clynelish 1982 from the stocks of Douglas Laing. Clynelish aficionados claim that 1982 is one of the best years for the distillery. It was bottled in the Old Malt Cask series,…

For a standard entry level bottling this is a good representation of the Glendronach line. I think the 15yo ought to be the bottle to have on the shelf. I have the 8yo (discontinued) on my shelf and will…