Review of a Smögen 2013 PX, as well as five other whiskies and rums from Cask Le Sens and Whisky Concerto, like Ardbeg and ...
Review of the Glen Scotia 14 Year Old in the 'Icons of Campbeltown' series (release 2). A peated single malt whisky finished in red Barolo win casks.
Review of the 2011 'Caroll of the Bells', bottled by WhiskyUA to support Ukraine. This single malt Scotch whisky comes from ...
Review of Holyrood Noir, a Scottish single malt whisky trilogy, using Burgundy yeast, Premier Cru yeast and Bordeaux yeast, with corresponding cask types.
Like last year there are eight Special Releases in the final line-up. It surprises me that there are no vintage statements on the labels this year. Maybe they’re added later, or weren’t really an ...
While I was at WhiskyShine in Macau, rum was not my main focus, but this bottle of TDL 2003 definitely grabbed my attention. It is bottled in the Thirty-Five series, which consists of cute 35 cl cube ...
Nose: ripe plums and damsons with chocolate brownie, hazelnuts and sweet praline. Also wood spice like clove and cardamom. Maybe not a sherry bomb, but definitely sherried. Then sultanas and wine ...
The Whisky Exchange starts the year with a couple of exclusives. One of them is this Glenburgie 1996, selected from the stocks at Gordon & MacPhail. Over the past few years, casks 5803-5809 already ...
This is the new 2017 edition of Ben Nevis 10 Years, which has a newly designed label since April 2017. It’s funny how a label can be brand-new and look instantly retro at the same time (but probably ...
Glen Ord already appeared in the Special Releases in 2020, as an 18 year old from freshly charred hogsheads. The Singleton of Glen Ord 17 yo ‘Into the Blue’ (56,2%, OB Special Releases 2025, second ...
Nose: rather more impressive than the GlenAllachie 18 Years. Very fresh, with a bright fruitiness (banana, nectarine and mango) with marzipan and vanilla cake. Light mineral notes, grass and a peppery ...
Nose: how nice! Beautiful polished oak, superb tobacco notes and rosewood. Red berries, juicy plums, raspberry ganache and blackcurrant. A dollop of rustic cognac rancio, as well as soft hints of ...