All Whisky reviews

18yo Yoichi aged in a refill butt. ‘Amazing toffee, honey sweetness’ @64.4% ABV and 1/410 Bottles.To smell; Well, often times when I'm nosing a whisky it's not surprising for flavours to take some coa…

About a bajillion years ago, in 1887, there were 28 distilleries in Ireland, and only one did not produce single pot still whiskey. Today it's almost the reverse - Midleton is the one Irish distiller …

On the Facebook ‘Whisky Bloggers’ the idea of a Flash Mob arose to publish the very same tasting note on the same date. The date, 17th March, made us decide to go for an Irish whiskey. I even turned it…

This is the Limited Edition Double Still Whiskey of 2012 from Belgian distillery Goldlys. Because of it's aggressiveness, it was hard to imagine it had already 12 years of age and only 43% ABV. It was…

Gift sample from a friendNose: Oh, very rich. "L" something peat, though the sherry is a little light. The peat is typical tarry bog, and the sherry brings it to a mesquite dry bbq without being overly…

Number six in my ongoing Kavalan adventure is called the "King Car Conductor." This is apparently a combination of 8 different kinds of casks. The distiller, Ian Chang, has mentioned that the typical…

Kavalan distillery is located in the northern part of Taiwan, 60 kilometres south of Taipei. It was built over an eight month period in 2005 and 2006 and uses copper stills that were constructed in…

Nose: light, mellow, slightly fruity, earthy. The peat plays peek-a-boo: there one second, gone the next.Taste: very thin, insubstantial body. Fruity sweetness is headed off by a massive bitter surge.…

The nose of this Bourbon was very surprising, and would be for any Bourbon. Very light and mellow, and since Bourbon is always aged in first fill casks, I usually expect intensity over zen. Cool bruised…

Cracked open a bottle of the stuff last night to, uh, prep for St. Patrick's day. New bottle, but multiple drams.Nose: Rich, creamy vanilla, and some sweet brown spices (cardamom, cinnamon, all-spice)…