A long time ago, when I was making my first steps in whisky, and when whisky used to cost an arm and a leg and […]
Ledaig 2004–The Ultimate, Van Wees , 2015
Category: Tasting Notes
An ex-bourbon cask Glenfarclas? yes! –SMWS 1.194 Attractive, rounded and comforting, 16 yo
A bourbon cask Glenfarclas? Blasphemy! some would shout, and indeed there are not that many cask GFs bottled from an ex-bourbon. Indeed, Glranfarclas is synonomous […]
SMWS 27.109 Guns on the grouse moor [Springbank] 16 yo
Dirty Whisky can be wonderful if you enjoy that thing, dirty sherry especially, and whenever I come across such a cask, which displays enough dirtiness, […]
Review–SMWS 26.98 Lively as an electric acrobat–Clynelish 10 yo
Time for some more SMWS , this time with a 10 year old Clynelish with this very nice name (we’re used to those from the […]
A rocking chair dram – SMWS 9.80 [Glen Grant] 20 yo Sauternes Cask
Time for a few SMWS bottlings I tasted recently from the last year or so, and the first one is a delicious ultra sweet whisky […]
Hyde 10 Year Old No. 1 Presidents Cask [Irish] Whiskey
So, another Irish whisky has arrived, named “Hyde” and sold by the ‘Hibernia’ Distillers Company. They are actually setting up a distillery based in Cork […]
Mortlach 18 OB–Review and thoughts
Quite some time ago Mortlach has undergone a complete revamp of its core range, with fancy new packaging, a NAS and a few Age statement […]
The whisky barrel 12 yo port Charlotte
This is yet another sample I was fortunate to taste from the recent TWB Burn’s Malt range of single casks. There’s also a funny story […]
Aultmore 1990–25 yo Burns Malt (TWB)
I received 3 samples for review some time ago from TWB (The whisky Barrel), and it took my some time to get to them. They […]
Douglas Laing ‘Yula’ 20 yo – Blended Malt
The folks at D.Laing are never resting on their laurels, and they have recently announced the first installement in a trilogy of limited edition island […]