World Whisky reviews

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…

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 second expression in the ‘Special’ series, from the young Swedish distillery Mackmyra. It was bottled in 2009, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the distillery.The nose is very fruity with…

This Mackmyra ‘Special 01’ was named Eminent Sherry, so it’s no surprise that it was matured on Spanish ex-sherry casks, deep in the Bodas mine. The nose gives me raisins, figs and vanilla. It also…

Mackmyra was founded in 1999 and hence a young whisky. This first edition (‘den forsta utgavan’) was bottled in June 2008. It’s light golden with an orange sheen and pretty oily. I get beautiful long…

The St George's distillery in Norfolk is the only English Whisky Distillery around, recently producing the first English Single Malt whisky in over 100 years. In the lead-up to this the Distillery rel…