All Whisky reviews

It took a lot of dedication and hard work but they finally got there. After having to work miracles with the existing, partly sub-par, stock left by the owners Jim Beam, these brave new owners have now…

This review gives a precise review (w. tasting notes) of the batch 44, and also my view on the a'bunadh phenom.It's hard to believe that this NAS cask strength experimental bottling from the correct but…

McClelland’s isn’t a distillery; they’re a bottler and exporter. They have a series of releases designed to embody the characters of Scotland’s different whisky producing regions. In doing so, they have…

Ardbeg Day, launched in 2012 for the first time, is a new holiday for peatfreaks. Or is it? Because while Ardbeg Day is a great whisky, the Galileo (a mix of bourbon and marsala casks) was received with…

I recently took a Scottish vacation, and while there I decided to make it a mission to taste as many Taliskers as possible (since they are one of my favourite distilleries). I tasted the new Port Ruighe…

A very special edition of the Bushmills 1608 blend, this commemorates the distillery’s 400 year anniversary. A blend containing 95% malt and 5% grain whiskey made with 30% crystal malt* for exceptional…

The famous German bottler surprises yet again with a new series called ‘Images’. The casks are supposedly from the blending industrie, so the distillery’s names are kept top secret. This Kildalton Cross…

For Whisky Live Spa (Belgium, edition 2010), the big festival in the little town famed for its spas and hot water sources, the famous La Maison du Whisky bottled 30 decanters with this 18 Year Old Ardbeg…

It is hard to discover the identity of the distillery in the new range by Malts of Scotland, named Images. The Kildalton Cross clearly referred to (and tasted like) Ardbeg, but this Clock Tower from…

Malts of Scotland has already bottled quite a bit of Glengoyne. If I am not mistaken, this is their 19th cask already, albeit only their second from 1997. The previous one from that vintage, a sherry…