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Warm steady rough quick arrival develops a malty / citrus middle with slight grassy fast uneventful yet pleasant finish.

Founded in 1823, Auchentoshan are the only distillery in Scotland to have a third still. This is for the triple distillation of every drop. This has to be taken in context as they are not the only Sco…

nose:warm and sweet, traces of vanilla, hint of sugar, touch of honey did not sense any peat. taste:mellow sunset with a cooling westerly breeze. imagine sitting in a chaise lounge by the pool in nevada…

This review is of bottle 86/124 of the Heartwood ‘Convict Unchained’ batch 1. For the full spiel on the Australian independent bottler, see my earlier review of another Heartwood product; ‘Release the…

Nose: The peaty smell of a seaside clambake near a dying campfire. If you look for subtleties beyond this, you will find the light freshness of honey, hay, orange pith, and maybe--when the campfire…

Kilchoman 100% Islay 2nd Edition is a fifty-fifty vatting of 3 and 4 year old whisky matured in ex-Bourbon casks. It's surprisingly characteristic for its age, yet simple and straight forward. It cuts…

According to online sources, Laphroaig Triple Wood is essentially the Quarter Cask expression with some extra maturation in Oloroso sherry butts. I have no reason to doubt this information, but I taste…

Poured from one of the three 20cl bottles packaged in the Classic Malts 'Coastal' gift set. To be honest, I bought the gift set to share something I experienced from the Whisky Live 2013 Melbourne with…

Kilchoman Loch Gorm is their first sherry matured release. Only 10,000 bottles released of the first edition but I hope it becomes part of their range. Loch Gorm was that good.Aged only for 5 years in…

Speyburn is an inexpensive, but not cheap single malt. I paid $21.99 USD for a 75cl bottle.Nose: Very pleasant, not overpowering with citrus, oak, and dark honey/caramel.Taste: Predominately a sweet,…