All Whisky reviews

This one was sampled at the bar and I let the bartender pick out my last one to be sampled for the evening. Lucky me has a good enough memory that I can think about one and almost taste it right then and…

Here is another very good malt from Glenmorangie that is aged very well. I just don't think that it is worth the price, which drops the score. It was tasted in one glass at the bar and deemed not worth…

You know the non-chill filtered warnings - 'this whisky may develop cloudiness with the addition of water'. That's somewhat of an understatement with this as it becomes virtually opaque. It ends up…

sample from a friend -- unsure whether this is from the original distillery or from Jim Beam (bottled in 1982)Nose: A little funky and musty, and there's a brief note of peanut brittle. It calms down…

sample from a friendNose: A little varnish at the forefront, but slight. Caramel, syrup. lots of candy corn (really seems to hit the mark as a descriptor, if I do say so). Some orange extract, chocolate…

Steady sweet smooth malty arrival intermediate fruit / herbal flavor develops into medium length slow balanced full flavor blend that is well beyond bottom shelf status

Another review from my blog Appearance: Medium amber with slow moving legsNose: Initially I’m getting a lot of fruit, plums, raisins, bananas, oranges, sultanas and sour apple. There is a decent amount…

I tried this Islay Malt at one of my favorite bars this evening and it reminded me of Highland Park 12, and maybe even a tad better. Just one more example of the perfect blend of sweet and smoke. Then…

Since I could not find any Aberlours for tasting in a bar, I used all of your reviews to guide me into just taking a chance, which paid off dearly, so thanks to all of you! This was my first Aberlour…

Please refer to my review of Aberlour 16, which was my first Aberlour bought. I held off buying this one thinking that it would never be as good as the 16 year old. How wrong I was! Compared to the 16…