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I bought this bottle with high expectations, after reading lots of consensual positive comments about its strong, smoky and powerful flavours. I have tasted it several times since, and each tasting…

This Blairmhor is a blend of no less than 20 single malts, with the emphasis on Speyside. So no grain whisky was used in this bottled, hence it is called a Blended Malt.The nose is rather silent. Some…

Black & Whyte was launched by James Buchanan in the late 19th Century. It was introduced in the English House of Commons in a black bottle with a white lable. Hence the name. The famous dogs, Bobby and…

This Old Perth is a blended malt, so no grain whisky came near this one. It is commercialized by Carn Mor, famous for its single cask bottlings. The company was named Scottish Liqueur Centre until very…

I have told the story of VAT69 before, when I wrote my tasting notes for this blend, bottled in 1975. This bottling is a littles less old, from 1983. Around 35% of the contents is said to be malt whisky…

Passport Scotch is a classic blend in the portfolio of Pernod-Ricard. It was developed in the 1960s by Master Distiller Jimmy Lang and contains Highalnd, Lowland and Speyside whiskies. According to…

I bought this 1-litre bottle in an airport for a good price. It was not in my wishlist but when I saw its price I thought... why not? Nose. Elegant and subtle, it brings back my memories to a mix of wet…

Bailie Nicol Jarvie is ‘constructed’ by the people at Glenmorangie. I suppose quite a bit of that malt went into the mix as a result, but it also contains sweet Speyside and some Islay. The blend is…

Skip the intro if you have read this before: This is another sample I picked up from Master of Malt. I have said it before, and will say it again, that I don’t trust sample reviews. So take this opinion…

Hakushu distillery is located in the Southern Japanese Alps and is owned by Suntory, one of the big two Japanese single malt distillers. The distillery started operating in 1973 on the 50th anniversary…