Secret Clynelish 2010, Inchgower 2012, Secret Glen Scotia 2016, Caol Ila 2014 and Caol Ila 2015. All Scotch malts.

Review of BUS Single Malt, a whisky produced at De Heische Hoeve in The Netherlands. A very lightweight, young and rough ...

Review of Glenfarclas 2004, GlenAllachie 2011 and Ardbeg 2009 (Rivesaltes cask) - three single malt whiskies bottled for ...

Review of the Bruichladdich 17 Year Old, a single malt Scoth whisky bottled in the 1990s. The distillery went through a ...

Nose: that’s basically the style. A very rich mix of tropical fruits and Islay smoke. There’s pineapple and papaya, with lime and maybe a hint of maracuya syrup. Then sweet almonds and coconut, with ...

The Longrow Red series is discontinued and followed up by a new Longrow 100° Proof. The first (annual) release is around 6 years of age, matured in refill bourbon casks and then finished in refill ...

Cadenhead’s 7-Stars is a historic brand of blended Scotch whisky. Originally on the market many decades ago, it was revived by Cadenhead a couple of years ago. The retro bottle with the gold foil ...

Now there’s an older version in the same bizarrely beautiful bottle: Bowmore ARC-54. This unique 54 year old whisky was distilled in November 1968. The majority of the spirit aged in a second-fill ...

Nose: a nice fruity core, with stewed peaches and apricots, ripe apples, quince jam and honey. Mild hints of copper coins and light spearmint. Moderate rancio. Then some sweet almond milk. It’s quite ...

Gordon & MacPhail just released the fifth and final release in the Mr George Legacy. The 1953, 1957, 1958 and 1959 reached some of the highest scores on this blog. This series saw the light in 2021 ...

Malternative Belgium was recently in the spotlight with two new bottlings. One is an undisclosed cognac for a Dutch retailer, and the other was their own release. The first is a Lot 74 from a ...

Ardnahoe is one of the new distilleries on Islay, opened in 2019 by independent bottler Hunter Laing. Kudos for being so patient, waiting more than five years before releasing a product. Always a good ...