World Whisky reviews

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: A floral welcome, with pencil shavings scattered in the air like confetti. A buffet of tangerine syrup and sweet egg sushi is served up…

Nose: Sweet barley. Some Flowery notes. I am sensing a bit of Metal and of course Exotic fruit (papaya, Banana,Melon) Very fragrant and fruity as could be expected from this youngster which was matured…

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: A changing-room of a nose, with the smell of fresh mud and spray-on deodorant. A more rustic interpretation would be that of smoking…

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: A very eclectic medley of flavours right from the off. We have wet mouldy shoes, rubbing shoulders with a used polish-cloth. These slig…

Contrary to the peated version, which uses malt from Scotland, this version uses French malt.Taol Esa (which means “the try-out”) was first released in 2008, but I’ve tried the 2009 release. All of the…

Kornog is the peated version of the Glann ar Mor whisky. This French distillery is located in Brittany, a region which has quite a lot of Celtic influence.This is the first cask ever bottled of the…

This is the 2009 release of the peated Glann ar Mor whisky (30-35 ppm). This second release comes from two ex-bourbon barrels and one Sauternes cask and is brought down to 46%. It’s again very limited…