All Whisky reviews

This is one of two bottles I was able to procure from a buddy of mine who flew in from Shanghai a few weeks back. While both were overpriced by American standards, I consider fine bourbons and ryes to…

Warm thick steady fruit arrival develops a pleasant ashy wooden middle followed by long slow fruit and vegetable finish.

The skeptic in me says that a limited release of 50 000 bottles of blended malt from Whyte and Mackay will be an overpriced whisky in a good looking package. The dreamer in me says that it will be a…

In general I don't know what I think of Aberlour. The 10yo was far too sweet for my liking. A'bunadh is much better but generally I don't go for lighter sweeter style malt. Having said that, I do like…

Why two backs? Well, you know what they say, "Never turn your back on a wild animal," and this whisky is somewhat wild, and my friend and I were "taming" it so to speak by finishing a long lost bottle…

I had always pronounced this whisky as Elgin with a soft "g" until Mick, the Publican of Highland Stillhouse in Oregon City, said it correctly, and I realized my error. The other night, Mick went on to…

Nose: Sugar cane, guava, rum, caramelPalate: Caramelized sugar, vanilla beans, pineapple, Manilla mango, and just a hint of blood orange. Very drinkable with no water. Smooth but not chewy mouth-feel…

sample from a friendNose: A little waxy smokiness, and clearly on the usual sweet barley in this sort of ex-bourbon expression. Honey and lemon. Also rather a bit of pear and banana, which starts out as…

sample from a friendNose: Here's a pretty flower. Obviously extracted vanilla, and a touch of the citrus- orange and grapefruit- honey and very fine caster sugar. Really floral, almost like some Borde…

This old bottle of Glen Ord, bottled sometime in the 1990s, was a Christmas present from my good friend, film producer/distributor Avi Federgreen. I think he found it rolling around somewhere in his…