All Whisky reviews

I enjoyed a little series of tastings I had at my favorite bar. This, Glenlivet Nadurra, and Rittenhouse Rye 100 BiB. Nose: Starting off with a big whiff of raisins, quite interesting to start off but…

Over the last couple of months I've been updating my blog with adventures of my time in Scotland and Singapore, exploring the different distilleries and whisky bars. Over the course of the last couple…

On my wife's and I first day in Speyside we visited two whisky distilleries, Benromach and Balvenie. I'd never had Benromanch before and it wound up being a very nice little tour, with a bottle of the…

Karuizawa distillery was established in 1955 by the Mercian Wine Company. Mercian owned a former vineyard and decided to convert this into a small traditional distillery. Apparently the location at…

Haven't seen a double oaked review on here so here's my two cents.Appearance: Medium amber with thin tear drop legsNose: Initially it’s like taking a big whiff of a toasted oak barrel filled with bran…

Tonight's theme is "open and closed". Goal was closed distilleries, but moderately widened to contribute some less expensive tastes from temporary shutdowns.To start Tamdhu, slightest of the interrupt…

Nothing to start, then burns the nose holes. Reminds of wickedly amplified Old Pulteney. Lots of fresh seaside and iodine flavours. Something very green and fresh like NZ Sauvignon Blanc. Turns to oaky…

Pretty light in colour. Hot, but light. Rosewater and flowers. Very floral.Chewy and meaty flavours on first taste. Some salty flavour, not quite jerky, then turns slightly sour and dirty. Like actual…

Been sitting around for a few years ... surprisingly large amount remaining.Very light straw colour. Mellow hay character with some sweet candy nose. First taste is light and soft lowland. Some heat, but…

First whiff is strongly reminiscent of dead fish. Sulphur. Wooo. Strong. Pungent and kind of disgusting (unless you dig dead fish). With A LOT of air more sherry comes to the fore.Taste is not as repu…