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Pours white grape, super light. Nose is really nice amaretto, spiced pear. Taste is soft pear, light body, easy to drink. Soft and delicate. Liked.

Hot fast spicy arrival develops a long slow vanilla creamy steady fruity thick finish.

Ardbeg had been very close to being buried next to Port Ellen and a few other legendary distilleries. The distillery had been mothballed twice in the eighties and nineties.The real salvation came from…

Ardbeg had been very close to being buried next to Port Ellen and a few other legendary distilleries. The distillery had been mothballed twice in the eighties and nineties.The real salvation came from…

Kilchoman is Islay’s youngest and smallest farm distillery. When Anthony Wills started his project in 2005, it was the first new distillery to be built in 124 years.A portion of the barley is grown at…

A few brands evoke emotional reactions in the subconscious. The late Port Ellen is one of these (perhaps only because she has been closed, say the Islay version of Van Gogh). Ardbeg already reached this…

Sometimes I don’t understand the variation in scores given to a whisky in online reviews, and other times I completely understand. Clynelish 14 fits into the latter. It’s a peculiar one, and I can app…

I loathe the bad rap as "cheap whisky" that this receives in my home province. This is better than the good majority of Canadian whiskies out there, and is only at a value price due to lower taxation…

This is the 1997 distilled edition, stored until 20097 and then finished in Madeira casks from May 07 until bottling in august 2010. This is a single cask edition and there are only 529 bottles.The…

Nose: An interesting mixture of spice, herb and fruit with a distinctive vermouth character. Dusty.Palate: Quite light with slight oiliness; very dry; surprisingly salty; the rye spices take center stage…