All Whisky reviews

First vapor: Buttery cinnamon over deep orange.Nose: Overall light. A slow breath: old sneakers, dark honey, salty nectarine. A faster inhale reveals levity: vanilla and macadamia, maybe a just-used…

Nose. Salted caramel, apples, pears, dry with hint of aniseed .The nose was full and alive with promise. The palate delivers oak, caramel, peat, sultanas and fairly smooth. That said, I find it disapp…

This has a lovely nose of green apples, sultanas and sherry, The Palate brings warming spices, This is lovely and smooth. Again, green apples, sultanas, some sherry, honey and winter spices.The finish…

This one comes in a very pretty can with an even prettier bottle. No filters, no paint and at 46% this is a nice example of standard. Matured for 10 years in Bourbon and Sherry casks and the colour is…

My first meeting with whisky from my home country:) At 43%, double distilled in a single pot still, unfiltered and uncoloured this is quite a crafty presentation:) It technically a blended multigrain…

A trip to the 'whisky exchange' shop in London's Borough Market is a unique experience. In addition to the 1500 bottles on display and the friendly and knowledgeable staff is the casks. At any one time…

I opened the bottle, poured some in my glass - n ot much nose to speak of and at first sip (uncut) very aggressive - bites like hell. When I added some water it improved, but not by much. Later in the…

One of the Australian whiskies on offer during the recent Whisky Live 2013 that really captivated leading me to purchase a bottle straightaway. It is surprising to learn that the New World Whisky dist…

This is my 3rd review from the Jim Beam Small Batch series. Booker’s is an all-time favorite. Knob Creek is wonderful, and I’ll soon be rewriting my review of it with a much higher mark. Baker’s is next…

This 21st Century offering from Suntory will not disappoint. It is no Islay, since it has little to no smoke at all, but it is rather a nice warm weather scotch that goes well with ice, although I prefer…