All Whisky reviews

Very light pale straw colour. Intense aniseed hit on the nose and on the approach, mellowing to liquorice with a little water. The fizzy Love Hearts tang from the bere barley is present, but you have to…

Bottle and label immediately reminiscent of cheap pubs with fake wood finish chipboard bars. Still somehow manages to be adorable and nostalgic. Apparently it's very popular in officers' messes too,…

Bat Masterson was born in Canada, but made his fame in the US as a frontier lawman in the American Old West. Masterson's 10 Year Old was born in Canada, but got it's name (and bottling, packaging and…

The title of the movie "Layer Cake" refers to the layers or levels anyone in the drug business goes through in rising to the top. In Ardbeg Galileo that's just what I went through regarding taste. Of…

Last night, Truman Cox, Master Distiller at A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Fredericksburg, Virginia, died unexpectedly after a short illness at the young age of 44. At last year's Whisky Fest NY, he and…

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning" said Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore played by Robert Duvall. This line would go well with Jura Superstition. Smoke is very subtle in this one and the spici…

Chivas 12 a big blend lower price blended scotch available all around the world and consumed en masse. Chivas company gets its single malt from the likes of Strathisla, Braeval and Glen Grant. This is…

Our whisky club had been enjoying some beautiful whiskies at our second meeting at Helvetica. This tasting unlike our last one, was not about sweet, fruity, or floral. We were talking about big bold…

Nose: Green apples, coffee cake, sea salt caramel, Madagascar vanilla beans, scent of a good empty port bottle.Pallette: Fairly good, not great inititally. Delayed effect, and then a rush of flavors:…

Our local whisky club had met for the second time a couple weeks ago and the evening was slowly winding down.Everyone had encountered whiskies that they enjoyed with the members trying Ardbeg Galileo,…