All Whisky reviews

Glendronach 10 yo 2002/2013 (55.6%, OB, batch 8, Pedro Ximenez puncheon, cask #1988, 664 bottles).This is unusual. Where to begin.... Let’s start with the nose. Spicy, white pepper, sherry (no way,…

Ballechin in the peated expression of Edradour, a Highland distillery that was built in 1825. It proudly advertises itself as Scotland's smallest distillery, producing only 6000 gallons of spirit a year…

Tomatin Cù Bòcan gets its name from the legend of a spectral dog, Cù Bòcan, who has haunted the Highland village for many years. Tale tells that the dog dissolved as smoke over the moorlands when a…

I don't have much to contribute to the science of Lagavulin-tasting. I'm sure the world does not need another review describing the peaty iodine blast of the nose or the smoky finish. But in the inter…

In the new series from The Whiskyman, Age Matters, the label discloses that this is a 17 years old single malt. It is a Clynelish from 1996. To find this info, one has to look closely to the side of the…

The Dram Brothers Whisky Society can often be encountered at festivals in the Benelux. I have run into Patrick and Mike, the twins who run the club, a couple of time. Last time was at the Spirits in the…

Clynelish 1997 is slowly but surely becoming legendary and I like to think it all started with a release that I helped select for The Bonding Dram. That one is still considered, not just by me, to be the…

BenRiach 13 year old Madeira Finish, known as "Maderensis Fumonsus", was the number one treat for me at our Speyside blind tasting. I guess I've learned something about BenRiach, 'cause I managed to…

There's something strange about Black Velvet Reserve 8 year old. It is like Blue Velvet by David Lynch: there's few good spots but mainly it's just annoying.Aromas balance between good and bad. The taste…

This is a lovely surprise. Extremely rich for a lower-end blend i'm quite happy to rate it alongside the BNJ 8 as the best value for money available on the market. Simply put you could drink this one all…