I am a sucker for old whisky, mostly because I love how the spirit is changed by so many years in the cask. I love […]
Glen Grant 1954 (G&M)–The wood makes the whisky
Category: Tasting Notes
BenRiach 20 Year Old 1994 (cask 5626) Peated, Madeira Cask Finish
Benriach make some awesome whiskies, and they also release a lot if single casks to many markets, whisky shops, etc. You can not complain about […]
Arran : The White Wizard & The Dark Lord
This does sound like a fantasy book review or something, but it is not – I promise you. We’re talking whisky… The Arran malt have […]
The lost distilleries blend batch #6
Long ago the nice fellas at Master of Malt send me a box of Xmas crackers for review, and to celebrate the new year with, […]
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 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 […]
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 […]