Review of a Smögen 2013 PX, as well as five other whiskies and rums from Cask Le Sens and Whisky Concerto, like Ardbeg and Glen Elgin.

Review of the 2011 'Caroll of the Bells', bottled by WhiskyUA to support Ukraine. This single malt Scotch whisky comes from ...

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 Holyrood Noir, a Scottish single malt whisky trilogy, using Burgundy yeast, Premier Cru yeast and Bordeaux yeast, with corresponding cask types.

Saburomaru 5 yo 2020 (59,6%, OB for WhiskyShine Macau 2025, heavily Islay peated, first-fill bourbon barrel #20083) Saburomaru 2020 IV ‘The Emperor’ (60,9%, OB for Abyss Whisky Bar 2024, first-fill ...

Imperial 35 yo 1989 (47,2%, Lucky Cask for Bar Code Melbourne 2025, bourbon cask #96) Springbank 25 yo 1999 (54,2%, Lucky Choice & Bar Code Melbourne 2024, refill hogshead LC369) Laphroaig 33 yo 1991 ...

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 ...

I’ve reviewed four Springbank whiskies from Decadent Drinks in the past couple of years. Always high quality (90+ points) although the price often tempered my enthusiasm a little. After the 1996 ...

Nose: a rather oily nose, with sweet malty notes, Demerara sugar and wax candles. Hints of cake and gentle fruits (yellow plums). A few nutty notes, candied ginger and whiffs of leathery. Something of ...

The latest release from WhiskySponge is a Jura 1991, part of a Patersponge Collection (the other one being a Dalmore from the same vintage). Both were selected from the Signatory Vintage stocks. It ...

It seems quite a few new independent bottlers have appeared in the past year or so. One8Nine is one of them. Founded in 2024 but the names behind the project may ring a bell. James Woodhead was ...