All Whisky reviews

10yo Ardmore aged in a refill ex sherry butt. “Milano Salami and a Tropical Fruit Kebab” @58.2% ABV and 1/702 bottles. Incredibly dark, looks like it could have spent 20 years in a first fill sherry cask…

I had always wanted to try the Dalmore 12 after reading the description on "master of malt" as being like "a warm coffee house in Seattle". I don't really drink coffee and have never been to Seattle, but…

I was very excited to try this, being a big fan of the sweet and wonderful Balvenie 12. This one really ups the sweetness level, in a great way.The nose is so honeyed, rich and sugary that it reminded…

I was served a glass in a pub a few nights ago. It was not exceptional, but with some air and a little water, it improved enough to be tolerable. The nose was the weakest link in the chain. I jokingly…

As my profile says, I am very very new to whisky but as a Scot it was about time I gave it a real try. As a present to me I was given a few quid to buy a few bottles in so selected a bottle each from the…

We Yanks don’t have access to the highly praised Glenfarclas 15 year old, so we have to content ourselves with its younger and older siblings. The 12 and 17 yo’s are closest in age, and I find myself…

There is currently a new distillery being built near Falkirk, which might be considered to be the resurrection of sorts of Rosebank (they did not succeed in getting the name from Diageo, though). But…

The best known bottler from Scotland, with HQ in Eglin, already released more than 30 Rosebank, including quite a few under their Connoisseurs Choice label. This one was distilled in February 1990 and…

This is another bottling by Gordon & Macphail, but under their RESERVE label, bottled at cask strength, in this case a whopping 54,4% ABV from this as-of-1993-mothballed distillery. Reopening is a pipe…

In 2011 Diageo released seven whiskies in their so-called Special Releases. A 32 Year Old Brora, a 12 Year Old Lagavulin, a 12 Year Old Caol Ila Unpeated, the Port Ellen 11th Release, a 25 year Old…