All Whisky reviews

The Walsh Whiskey Distillery was recently rechristened Royal Oak Distillery. The distillery came about with the fortune that was made, and still being made, with the popular whiskey The Irishman. Today…

Michael Walsh is the youngest Master Distiller in Ireland. He works hard every day to distill whiskey at Boann, but for now they have to make do with whiskey bought elsewhere until their own spirit has…

The Boann Distillery is a new Irish one, built in 2017. They only started distilling in 2019, so what they are putting out today is so-called sourced whiskey. At first I will try this 5 years old Double…

I confess, I have no idea what Mizen Head means, but this Irish single malt was released by West Cork Distillers. It was matured on bourbon casks and then got a finish on bodega sherry casks. Sweet,…

When The Nectar, a famous Belgian importer, selects a single cask to have bottled in their name, we expect it to be good. The fact that it was bottled at cask strength already makes my heart leap. This…

I have not yet tried a lot of whiskey from West Cork and what I have tried so far has been okay-ish at best. I have to confess that for this bourbon cask – a blend by the way – my expectations are low…

If you're expecting a slight variation on the regular Writer's Tears blend, think again. This is a single malt, not a malt/pot still blend, matured entirely in Oloroso casks. Really not much in common…

Thanks to the generosity of a fellow Connosr member @fiddich1980 I was able to obtain this sample a couple of years ago. It's not often one gets to try a whisky from 70's vintage and I'm glad to get…

Another in Diageo's stable of ugly stepchildren distilleries, with the likes of Dailuaine, Blair Athol, Teaninich and up to recently Mortlach which got to finally graduate from the class. Of note is the…

Probably the only distillery that holds an appointment to three deceased monarchs (Victoria, Edward VII, and George V), Royal Lochnagar's history is linked with its neighbor, Balmoral Castle. Apparently…