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The Images series from Malts of Scotland never reveals the name of the distillery on the label. This Eilean a Chuirn Lighthouse refers to the lighthouse on the small isle of the same name on the east…

It has been almost three years since I last tasted this one. That was reason enough for a reader of my blog to send me a sample with the instruction to write a proper tasting note. Your wish is my com…

The Whiskyman recently launched the Age Matters series, in which the emphasis is on the age as you can see from the special labels. The oldest in the series so far is this Bruichladdich 22 Year Old from…

I very strongly dislike this whisky. I can’t say I hate this whisky because that emotion is reserved for the abomination that is Bastille, but this is definitely on the lowest rungs of single malt ladder…

Hard to believe it has been almost a month since my last review! It's been a busy time with my girlfriend and her son staying here, seeing family and friends and releasing the new Coen Bros. film Inside…

Soft sweet fruity and malty arrival develops a short spicy balanced finish. Good beginning scotch for people who need to fill their cabinets due to a bottle shaped empty space.

Warm fast smoky peaty malty arrival develops a fast disappointing uneventful finish. For being the first distillery on Islay this was the lowest quality of whisky I personally have had from that region…

Hot spicy arrival develops a complex fruit, peat, smoke balanced middle and a long slow steady peated vegetable finish.

Once again it's getting close to the time where my wife is going to start her world famous ribs which feature bourbon as a glaze.The bad thing about these ribs is that they use bourbon which means it's…

Laphroaig distillery (the name means "the beautiful hollow by the broad bay") was established in 1815, by Alex and Donald Johnston. It was sold to Long John International in the 1960ies and subsequently…