All Whisky reviews

This 10 Year Old Fettercairn was bottled at cask strength. It is an older bottling with an Italian tax stamp. Nice color.The nose is stinky winky, oh boy! Underneath some grass and something that reminds…

So tonight is the Canadian Screen Awards, our country's answer to the Oscars. Since no-one goes to Canadian films (so the public has no idea what is up for awards), they have to jazz it up by awarding…

On vacation here in Orlando Florida, and I had no choice but to order Glenlivet 12. Like in most bars, this and Glenfiddich were the only single malts available. And To be honest, I can't stand Glenfi…

I had once tasted the Longrow CV with rather good impressions, and when I ran into this Springbank version at a whisky shop in London’s Soho, I decided to give it a try. I was told that the Longrow CV…

Bowmore is the oldest distillery on Islay, established a whopping 235 years ago in 1779. It is one of the last distilleries to have its own floor malting (only five other Scottish distilleries still do…

Nose: Toasted barley, caramel, long dry grasses in late summer, dried chrysanthemum, honey comb.Mouth: Clover honey, rock salt, lemon balm, sea breeze, hot ocean sand, very faint peat. A nice oily tex…

This sample comes to me from my co-worker Jessica La Grassa. The Nant estate in Tasmania was founded in 1821 and after being purchased by a couple in 2004, a distillery was built in 2008. Bill Lark (of…

Bain's is a single grain whisky from South Africa, a first for the country. It is double-matured for a total of five years in first-fill bourbon casks. Nose: vanilla, toffee apple, accents of cinnamon…

I am not well acquainted with so many nuances of scotch tasting. However, I am impressed by the fact that ALL the scores for this expression are in the mid- to upper- 80s if not higher. This should be…

The Uigeadail has been a blank spot on my whisky resume for quite some time now, as the Ardbeg distillery still remains barely charted territory, after I had some misconceptions about the distillery, due…