All Whisky reviews

It has been a bit of a bumpy ride with the Balvenie as far as i am concerned. Being a rather young and still inexperienced (although gaining fast) whisky enthusiast i started of with the signature in '06…

Grant's Sherry Cask Reserve is a respectable budget Scotch. It has maybe a touch less complexity compared to the standard Family Reserve, but there is the added richness of the Oloroso casks. You get…

I've tasted Macallan 18 year old sherry oak many times and this ain't it. So what is it? Well, I might conservatively call it attractively colored golden sputum masquerading as a fine scotch. Buyer…

The Eagle Rare is one of owners Buffalo Trace long line of succesfull bourbons. The bourbon is manufactured by Sazerac. I am currently expanding my tastebuds along with my collection into bourbon terr…

The title to this review suits this whisky perfectly, it's as crisp as fresh seashore winter breeze. It's all in there in your glass, spewing it's maritime character at you. It certainly has it's defi…

This will prove to be a hard review to write. When I write reviews I don't read any other tasting notes or reviews beforehand so I am completely uninfluenced. Sometimes afterwards I find official tasting…

Warm spicy short balanced arrival develops fast bitter spicy sweet uneventful finish.

Nose: Pleasant but leaves you searching for more. I found myself sniffing away trying to find something interesting to say. Nothing much came to mind. A delicate whiff of mixed fruits, apples, pears and…

In keeping with my latest entry-level dram series, we have this twelve year old DoubleWood. I believe it replaces the old 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve (which is excellent - grab it if you can find it…

Before reading I'm letting you know that I am writing this as a tribute to my Dad and it will be fairly lengthy. If all you want to read are the tasting notes then they are at the end.It was my Dad who…