All Whisky reviews

From 1964 until 1984, Miltonduff also had two Lomond stills, which enabled then-owner Hiram Walker to provide enough bulk whisky for the blenders, primarily Ballantine’s. But with declining demand, the…

Believe it or not, after close to 1.600 whiskies tasted, I have never tried an Aultmore. So this will be the first. I immediately choose a 20 Year Old, bottled by the Italian Wilson & Morgan, from a…

This is only my second Aultmore and the first from a bourbon cask. So it is a bit hard to compare, which is always a bit exciting. The reason for Aultmore not yet having been tried most likely has a lot…

nose: typical Auchentoshan maltiness, medium sherry touch (not a bomb as Glenfarclas but remarkably pleasant), vanilla, butterscotch, dried fruits, christmas fruit cake, a lot of similarities with the…

I went out for drinks last night, and the bar had laphroaig and seeing that i have never had the pleasure of having this islay i got a class of it, and wrote notes on the flavour's and nose i got on it…

nose: fresh pears, green apples, lemongrass, some sherry, fresh sandalwood, yeast, typical floral Speyside notes.taste: pear cake, vanilla, fermented dough, hints of sherry, overall a sweet yeasty flavor…

Connemara is, to my knowledge, the only peated single malt Irish whiskey on the market (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). This brand was started by John Teeling after he purchased Cooley Distillery…

Exactly one month short of a full year since I started on my first "proper" single malt (Aberlour 12), I decided to crack open something new that was sitting in my cabinet the whole year. It was a choice…

I tried the Yamazaki 18 recently and fell in love with it. It’s expensive. Too expensive. Given that I wasn’t willing to spend almost $200 on a bottle, the 12 seemed like a logical and much more affor…

The reviewed bottle was purchased and first opened in early 2011, 2 1/2 years ago. The bottle is currently half full. As I write this Lagavulin 16 yo is the most widely owned bottle among the currently…