After the quite excellent Circus blended whisky, here’s another one of the latest expressions from Compass Box, this time a blended malt. As you well […]
Compass Box Enlightenment
Tag: Tasting Notes
The Circus is coming to town… [Compass Box The Circus]
‘If you’re looking for rainbows, look up to the sky.’ – Charlie Chaplin, The Circus, 1928 There are many new whisky releases in the last […]
Tomatin Contrast – review
Tomatin has been making a lot of good whisky lately, with many special releases aimed at the serious (or aspiring) Whisky Geek. Take a look at the […]
Bunnahabhain 2006 unpeated gordon & MacPhail
Another G&M bottling today (another member of the Wood makes the whisky) , with an Unpeated young Bunna. Most young Bunna’s I’ve tasted recently were […]
Benriach 1997 Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon and MacPhail)
Back to reality, with more affordable drams (That Strathisla was awesome, but… ) bearing 2 digit prices, rather than three, for us mortals. This 1997 […]
Strathisla 1967–G&M [The wood makes the whisky]
Strathisla distillery is the oldest continuously operating distillery in Scotland, founded in 1786 and operating since then, but as you may well know, there aren’t […]
More Duty Free Editions: Port Charlotte 2007 CC:01 (Travel Retail Exclusive)
Yesterday we explored the ‘unpeated’ Laddie 8, which is also a Travel Retail Exclusive (Travel retail , as some people asked is what you call […]
The new Laddie 8–Travel Retail
Feis Ile is in full swing as you know, with Bruichladdich hosting a very nice tasting , which was also broadcast online (good work there […]
Springbank 16 local barley
It’s Springbank Open day today in Campbeltown , the next best thing to being there actually is drinking some of their lovely liquid. This 16 […]
Tomatin 1996 (bottled 2013) – Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail)
Another bottling by G&M which is a part of their ‘The Wood makes the whisky’ Campaign. A Tomatin 1997, bottled in 2013, at 46%. Can’t […]