All Whisky reviews

Last year I wrote a review of Aberlour A’bunadh that now embarrasses me. Simply put, I wasn’t ready for this beast yet. About four months after I wrote the review, I fell in love with this stuff. It was…

This is a wonderful Highland Single Malt that is ruined by one of the dryest finishes that I have ever come across. As one famous Cajun chef once said something like "Good food will make you want to take…

Old Pultney is a bit of an odd distillery for me. I don't like the 12yo at all although I know a lot do. Personally I find it boring. The 17yo is amazing though - I don't know what happens in those 5…

The primary reviewed bottle, bottle code L11 012, meaning that it was bottled on January 12, 2011, has been open for a little less than 2 1/2 years, and is currently 60% full. Protective gas was used for…

Supernova 2010 is often looked upon as Supernova Light, a bit of a very expensive and scarce stepchild. This bottle was purchased after my then-heavy-peat-averse wife had tasted a sample of it and sug…

This review is long overdue, by almost six weeks as shortly after I returned home from Scotland I received a whisky sample from The Grove Vineyard in Margaret River.Actually to be honest I came home to…

Got this 2 weeks ago, and i finally cracked it open and had a drink for those who do not know Nadura is bottled at cask strength and it can vary batch to batch as it happens this was bottled 06/06, Batch…

I had heard wonderful things about the Elijah Craig 18 offering and I had intended to buy it quite soon. Unfortunately, the only store that carried it here no longer has any of the older stuff left, so…

I visited a friend this past weekend to find that his collection of whisky put mine to shame. This is ironic, because my bottles number in the dozens, but he had a mere 6 bottles or so. While I have some…

I've tried quite a few HP distillery offerings over the past couple of years and have been looking forward with great anticipation to the 30 year bottled at 48.1%. This retails in London for about £230…