All Whisky reviews

Signatory Vintage has no less than 48 releases of Caperdonich on record and this is one of them from 2000, bottled in those beautiful but clumsy decanters in 2021. Particularly interesting and aromatic…

Slowly but surely, Caperdonich's cask are really starting to run out... This Speysider, built in 1897 as Glen Grant II, was closed in 2002 to finally being demolished in 2010. Surprisingly fresh and…

Oh, look now, my 10th Banff. This Speyside distillery closed its doors in 1983 and has since been demolished. There's only one official bottling, the 21-year-old from 1982 in the Rare Malts Selection,…

I have been a big fan of Stagg Jr since it came out in 2013. At the end of 2022 it has finally dropped its “Jr.” status and is officially just “Stagg.” One of my local friends was just given a bottle…

I had never heard of Kinahan's when I spotted this eye-catching bottle on the shelf of my local LCBO. On the surface, not much to get excited about: a sourced Irish single malt with no age statement. But…

In the lead-up to Passover, I have, in the past, for no particular reason, reviewed a Japanese whisky before I seal up my cabinet. In 2020 I reviewed the first standard release from the Milk and Honey…

In the lead-up to Passover, I usually review a Japanese whisky before I seal up my cabinet. This year, I decided to do a series of reviews from my open collection of Israeli whiskies before I seal it…

In the lead-up to Passover, I usually review a Japanese whisky before I seal up my cabinet. This year, I decided to do a series of reviews from my open collection of Israeli whiskies before I seal up…

Like many other producers it would seem tha Kilchoman were waiting in the wings shortly after the SWA broadened the range of casks allowed for maturation (Tequila, Mezcal, Calvados & others). This single…

*Another sample graciously provided by a fellow ConnosrI believe this expression was launched in 2016 to replace a 30 year old core range bottle, this was before the rebrand. Matured in a mix of Bourbon…