World Whisky reviews

My wife and I, along with my brother and sister in law, had gone to a series of Australian whisky tastings at Helvetica. I was very excited as I'd recently tried quite a few of these whiskies at The…

My wife, brother and sister in law went to Helvetica a few weeks ago for a series of Australian whisky tastings. I'd already attended a tasting series that involved a pairing of chocolate and whisky that…

Nose: This one has a great nose! with a lot of vanilla, pears, sweet malty goodness, wood spices and a dash of Cinnamon.Palate: The palate is a bit rough in my opinion : It’s quite malty, creamy but not…

Bakery hill is a small distillery Situated in Bayswater, Victoria, established in 1999 by David Baker a former food scientist. The distillery uses 100% malt to produce its whisky, they also state they…

To conclude our line-up of rye whiskies, we return to the Old Continent and try a 5 year old from Holland. Zuidam Dutch Rye 100% Pure Potstill, to be precise. Zuidam has a long tradition in distilling…

Monkey Shoulder is a blended malt, consisting of three single malts, hence the Triple Malt neck label and the three monkeys on the shoulder of the American looking bottle. It is created with Glenfiddich…

I was quite intrigued to have a taste of my first Belgian single malt and came out pleasantly surprised. This is a 4 year old expression, quite pale in color. Beautifully delicate honeyed nose, like…