All Whisky reviews

Judging by the color, this was a very active sherry cask. Ah, yes, first fill. This young Macduff was bottled by the Italian company Wilson & Morgan at 100 Proof, which translates into 57.1% ABV.I re…

Macduff is a rather young distillery, founded only in 1962. It was purpose-built to produce malt for the ever rising demand for blends at the time. William Lawson’s is one of their biggest customers. But…

Look, Mortlach is the kind of malt that I will always try and if it has this fantastic color – thanks to the finish on a sherry casks – then I am unstoppable. The Beast of Dufftown, bottled at a hefty…

Another one of these malts in G&M’s Discovery Range, worth exploring (see what I did there?). Judging by the color, it was quite an active sherry cask.Dark & sweet nose on mokatine, baked banana, vanilla…

When I look at the color of this Mannochmore, I am immediately reminded of the infamous Loch Dhu whisky from the same distillery. But luckily that’s where the comparison ends, for this is quite different…

After Bulleit, this was the second ever bourbon I bought and I recall liking it and being surprised by the difference in style to the former. I picked this up last Christmas to primarily make a glaze…

Over the past few years some of my Connosr friends have encouraged me to explore Canadian whiskies, with good success. Many of these whiskies have been 100% rye. Recently, some of the big producers …

A dual first for me. My first Royal Brackla and also my first bottle from the Infrequent Flyers range a fairly new independent bottler owned by Alistair Walker son of the famous (in whisky circles) Billy…

Thanks to @RianC for this sample of a 1980s Johnnie Walker Black Label.NoseAn interesting nose on this. Breakfast cereal, hint of smoke, white pepper and some wood sourness. It may be my imagination but…

This Raw Cask bottling from Blackadder is already a bit older, but thanks to my buddy Manny from the Netherlands I was able to put it on the lips. It is a Clynelish distilled in 1996 and aged on a sherry…