All Whisky reviews

With everyone talking about the CV, the 10yo, the 12yo and the Cask Strength, one would almost forget there was a 15yo Springbank.Nose: fresh nose,but a little waxy, dominant notes of orange peel, a…

Oh yes! These are the moments you wait for. When simply bringing the glass to your nose gets your pulse racing because you know if it smells this good it's going to taste even better!Irish whiskies are…

sample from a friendNose: Light and delicate. It almost has something of a malty recent Springbank with a touch of waxy lemon from Clynelish, too. Obviously on very good footing. Sweet clean malt, a hint…

Is it too obvious to say this might be a Dufftown malt? Maybe, maybe not. But with the image of the famous whiskyshop in Dufftown on the label, it is quite plausible. On the other hand, it might as well…

This Tamdhu got a wonderful color from the sherry cask. The distillery was revived several years ago by Ian McLeod, but this is a distillate from the previous owners, the Edrington Group, because it was…

Malts of Scotland introduces a new series named ‘46’, undoubtedly referring to the alcohol percentage. The first release in this new series is a 12 Year Old Bowmore from 2002. After checking my notes,…

The Castle of Finlaggan was once the Islay seat of the Clan MacDonald, the Lord of the Isles, built in the 13th Century. Today only a ruin remains. The new Images bottling by Malts of Scotland got the…

The Angel's Choice is a series of half bottles by Malts of Scotland. Only 125 were released with this Caol Ila uit 1976 – that’s right! This one is no less than 38 years old, distilled while I was still…

The last bottle in this spring release by Malts of Scotland is one to make you smack your lips in anticipation: a 32 Year Old Port Ellen. Still a feisty 57,9% ABV, so brace yourselves. It was bottled in…

There's something about entry level Speysiders that has started to piss me off a bit. Seems like there's a formula everyone's using to create literally the same whisky. I mean I understand this is the…