The peated blended malt market is gaining popularity and there are more and more examples of well made peated (mostly NAS) blended malt coming from […]
Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt – Rich Peat Edition
Author: Gal Granov
Wemyss Malts ‘blowing on a sea breeze’ – Bunnahabhain 1990
It’s really been ages since I last reviewed a Wemyss single cask, and I am happy to do that again with such a lovely dram […]
Invergordon 1972, 43 yo, Whiskybase 70,000 bottles celebratory release
Readers of this blog are familiar with WhiskyBase, the encyclopedic website where you can find information and ratings on EVERY whisky available (more or less), […]
Octomore 07.4/ 167 PPM [Virgin Oak] –Review and notes
The latest 7.X Octomore to hit the market is this Virgin oak edition. I’ve read around about this edition after tasting it and it seems […]
SMWS 48.56 ‘Popcorn in a sauna’ 13 yo Balmenach
Yet Another SMWS sample I found myself sharing with some whisky friends (Thanks Ben, I think). Like F.Gump once said : A SMWS is like […]
SMWS 37.65, ‘Bursting with interest and imaginings’, Cragganmore, 29 years old
There are some whiskies you know are going to be excellent just from a wee sniff of the bottle (or the sample bottle, as I’ve […]
Dalwhinnie 25 year old Special Release 2015
Dalwhinnie is one of those Diageo distilleries that you do not see much of, certainly not a lot of new releases. There’s the 15 year […]
When is a “Limited edition” really limited?
The latest Highland Park ‘Elsa and Anna’ Edition (or “Ice edition” as some refer to it), ignited an old discussion thread that always resumes when […]
Elements of Islay “Peat” Edition
Elements of Islay is a small batch whisky label that consists of single distillery bottlings from various Islay distilleries, and has been around for some […]
A few pointers for the novice wannabe whisky blogger
1.Start from the basic range , and then go upwards. If you have not tasted any of the core range of a distillery do not […]