All Whisky reviews

I will end my little line up of Compass Box with one that appeared several years ago. When the Scotch Whisky Association decided that the term Vatted Malt would become illegal as of 23 November 2011 (to…

Fiery thick slow smokey arrival develops a long sweet malty middle followed by an oily full bodied mouth coating sweet fruity Soddy finish.

BenRiach has had a troubled history ever since it opened in 1897. It was repossessed by the bank in 1899 and became a sister distillery to Longmorn. Four years later in shut down completely until 1965…

Since I just tasted their entry level malt, let's try a few more I have lying around and compare! This one, released in 2006, is matured in ex-bourbon barrels before being finished in Madeira casks.On…

BenRiach has a staggering number of single cask releases. This particular one is very interesting: peated malt distilled on Oct 10 1984, then matured for 27 years, first in hogshead #4050 then finished…

Banff distillery was established in 1824 by James McKilligan & Co. on the west side of Banff Bay in Inverboyndie, a small village about a mile west of the town of Banff itself. In 1837 the distillery was…

Besides their single cask limited releases, BenRiach also does a large number of customer bottlings. This one, for Kensington Wine Market in Calgary, was distilled in 1983 and matured in hogshead #298…

When I give tastings I am often amazed at how many people love the flavour profile of a wheated whiskey...amazed because there are so few wheat-dominant whiskeys on the market. Those wheat-dominant…

This was a birthday gift from my wonderful girlfriend. She knows that I love big flavours, with peat and sherry being favorites. It seems only natural that I’d want to give this a go. Of course not…

Found this one in the beautiful city of Maastricht for €55,- Its supposed to be very limited (unknown amount of bottles) travel retail edition, but the guy had some good connections judging by all the…