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Glenfarclas distillery (the name means “valley of the green grass”) was first granted a license in 1836 after production had arguably been going on at the same site since 1791. In 1865 it was acquired…

Gonna be honest.. I'm a fan boy when it comes to Ardbeg. Muscular, peaty, powerful and smoke bacon fat. Is it just me... I get a bit of laphroaig's signature smoke, which I love. I've always wondered…

Bowmore distillery is located on Islay, on the South Eastern shore of Loch Indaal, and is said to have been founded in 1779. Today the distillery is owned by Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd, a holding…

For a while, I've been lurking around this site and reading many of the excellent reviews posted. For quite a bit of that time, I've been meaning to start posting reviews myself, but I've never gotten…

Great, versatile this is great neat, as you want to taste al the vanilla spice, with a drop of water it's fruity nose opens up nicely with ice it provides cold pleasure. its quality for price is unbea…

I recently received a Christmas present from the Old Hobart distillery, a small sample bottle of their very first bourbon cask release.Those who know me, know that when I fall in love with a distillery…

Dailuaine is a distillery I've tended to pair with Mortlach in being obscure but underrated. Very little in the way of single malt releases - it seems to be either this 16YO or expensive indie bottles…

Smokey bacon appears in Laphroaig tasting notes often BUT,, it really is very very apparent in the nose of this indie release. It becomes 'oilier' after a bit of time and then a touch of the classic…

The Macallan distillery was founded in 1824 by Alexander Reid and was operated from the original buildings of Macallan farm. At the time it was named Elchies distillery after a nearby estate. The dist…

The very first distillery that my wife and I visited while we were in Speyside Scotland was Speyside's smallest distillery, Benromach. This distillery, owned by Gordon & MacPhail, was a distillery that…