All Whisky reviews

Sweet steady fiery arrival develops a fast uneventful finish.

I am sure you are aware of the fact that Ledaig is actually the peated version of Tobermory. If not, you are welcome. David Stirk apparently has quite a few casks of Ledaig. This is already the fourth…

Since October 2010, Burn Stewart no longer applies chill filtration and has therefor started bottling all of their whisky at 46,3% ABV. Ledaig (say letsjick) is, as you probably know, the peaty whisky…

Dun Bheagan is a label marketed by Ian MacLeods Distillers (who also own Glengoyne and Tamdhu) and usually contains relatively young whisky at an attractive price. This 11 Year Old Ledaig was finished…

This review is based on a sample, so first impressions only.Nose: Very earthy with a strong scent of asparagus, butter, dried fruit and motor oil!Body: Medium and oily.Palate: Earthly flavors mixed with…

When reviewing a well-known product, particularly a blended Scotch in a Single Malt crowd, it is good to try to taste the whisky as though one is sampling it blind. This actually IS a bottle of "your…

This review is of a bottle opened 2 years ago. Scores are for when the bottle was open for 2 months. I will also comment on what the whisky tastes like nowNose: when first opened, many very strong and…

Did you know that Blair Ahtol originally was called Aldour Distillery? No? No matter, not many do. But they had a difficult start, to say the least. Founded in 1798, thus being one of Scotland’s oldest…

Blair Athol can be found in Pitlochry, a stone’s throw away from the little Edradour distillery. The production water is taken from the Allt Dour Burn, meaning ‘the burn of the otter’. The first name of…

One of the few official bottlings from Blair Ahtol is this 27 Year Old from 1975, released by Diageo in their Rare Malts Selection. Diageo took control of the distillery in 1998, acquiring it from Arthur…