All Whisky reviews

Sat in the open air wearing our Harris Tweeds at the Highland games Kiillin appreciating the breadth of talent competing for the falls of Dochart Trophy.

This whisky is truly awful in my opinion. It is the first and only whisky (or any alcoholic beverage) that was so bad that I took it back to the store and requested a refund. The unpleasant taste and…

As the title states this reminds of smokey tea, the flavors and the smells are just moody and in my opinion perfect. Nose: Spice, earl grey tea, peat, smoke, iodine, sherry notes, berries. Palate: Cask…

This particular expression was third in line at a Wemyss tasting I attended recently. An interesting independent bottler which goes after a particular flavor profile rather than the other way around. And…

White Horse blended whisky has tradition: it was first produced in 1861. White Horse also got the 'Blended Whisky of the Year' in 2007 Whisky Bible by Jim Murray.White Horse is owned by Diageo and app…

So here's a nifty little trick. Find out which distilleries closed in the last 100 years or so never to open again. Do extensive research and get an understanding of what their malts might have tasted…

I was at this tasting recently and someone told me about The Lost Distillery Company. Quite genius actually. They literally imagine what closed distillery malts may have tasted like and go about recre…

So Jack stood 5' 2". That's the biggest takeaway I got from the story behind this limited edition of the iconic, ubiquitous JD. There have been seven Master Distillers in the history of this Lynchburg…

This is a great single malt hall marked with its peat character and it's deep savory richness. Nose: tinge of salt cured meat, savory peat, dirt, citric acid, over ripe almost decaying onion. Caramelized…

Sampled at a tasting the night before I hadn't really heard much about Wemyss other than they were an interesting independent bottler with none other than the great Charlie Maclean chairing their nosing…