All Whisky reviews

I have a confession to make. Actually a confession made on the back of a revelation. About a couple of years ago I picked up this Longrow to satisfy my ever increasing curiosity for Campbeltown. To be…

This whisky is an offering from Forty Creek with a bit bigger flavour in mind - and they even put it in the bottle at 43%. A stock of carefully selected aged single grain rye, malt, and corn whiskies is…

It's always exciting to sample a distillery for the first time and I'd had my eyes on Mortlach for a while now. Especially after reading a lot of rave reviews about the 16 year old Flora & Fauna release…

The Orphan Barrel whiskies are limited releases by Diageo, of rare whiskies from their warehouses (though, interestingly, not necessarily from Diageo-owned distilleries - so we do not know from whence…

This time we have Old Blowhard 26 Year Old. "Old Blowhard"? "Barterhouse"? What the hell do these mean, anyway? Ahhhhh the marketing wizards of Diageo strike again...Six more years in wood give it a…

Warm slow steady malty and fruit balanced arrival develops sweet vegetable soft slow finish.

Warm slow long thick mouth coating arrival develops a smooth smoky earthy long slow finish.

Since almost every review (some of my own included!) of Forty Creek seems to go into their unique "meritage" process, I will spare the reader this time. However, a few unique things about Forty Creek:…

I had my first Booker's Bourbon around Christmastime, 1996. It made a big impression on me then, as Booker's does on most people who taste it. Booker's was my first premium bourbon. When I joined Connosr…

Everyone loves a story. Though in today's day and age of whisky there seem to be plenty abound disguising cheap marketing ploys and PR stunts. All in the hope of catching the consumers' eye.But every now…