All Whisky reviews

I really enjoy this whisky. At first I was a little underwhelmed. It is very much a traditional blended Canadian whisky and doesn't really bring anything new to the table. Having said that, it is a…

First vapor: Pumpernickel date bread.Nose: Rubber at first: rubbery cocoa, rubbery walnut oil. A faint sense of a next-day glass of merlot (which can share that rubberiness), and perhaps liquorice root…

Amrut distillery was founded in 1948 but it was not until the 1980ies that the company began to produce malt whisky. While the barley is grown in the foothills of the Himalaya the whisky is matured in…

Ardbeg Alligator was a Committee Release, and then a limited general release in 2011. The whisky was matured in heavily charred, viz. "Alligator Char" NEW oak barrels. The reviewed sample is compliments…

Warm slow fruity arrival develops a smooth thick long evenly balanced fruity / vegetable / ashy finish.

I got this for a graduation gift, in a glenlivet legacy pack which contains the 18 year old glenlivet as well. So lets get started. Nose: Cherries, raspberries, vanilla, oak, cinnamon, waves of dark…

I got this for a graduation gift, in a glenlivet legacy pack which contains the 18 year old glenlivet as well. So lets get started. Nose: Cherries, raspberries, vanilla, oak, cinnamon, waves of dark…

Talisker distillery is the only distillery on the Isle of Skye and was founded in 1830 by Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill, sons of the local doctor. It was rebuilt between 1880 and 1887, and was extended in…

Cragganmore 12 YO is one of Diageo's six "Classic Malts of Scotland". The reviewed 200 ml bottle has been open 2 years, is 2/3rds full, and preserved with inert gas for the last 15 months. The review is…