Review of the Macduff 2006, a 17 year old single malt whisky bottled by Belgian bottler Asta Morris. An independent bottling ...
Review of The Singleton of Glen Ord 14 Year Old, a single malt Scotch whisky in the Special Releases series from Diageo. Cask ...
Review of Sherishòr 12 Year Old, a Pure Malt whisky triple matured in "real" old (ex-solera) sherry casks. Whisky with proper ...
Review of the Benrinnes 21 Year Old, one of Diageo's Special Releases 2024. It is a single malt Scotch whisky finished in ...
Nose: nice and juicy fruits, like fragrant peaches and nectarines, pears, oranges and pineapple cubes. The mix of sweetness and tartness is spot on, and is enhanced by a velvety layer of waxy notes.
Cream sherry casks are still not very common for whisky maturation. I find that strange for different reasons: it combines ...
Nose: at first nice and fruity, with stewed apples and foam bananas, as well as some bread dough and hints of cut grass. Then gooseberries, a hint of coconut and golden raisins. Light vanilla. There’s ...
While virtually every independent bottler is releasing cognac and rum these days, Calvados is still taking up a small share. Perhaps because its obvious fruity character makes it quite different from ...
Bruichladdich just released Octomore series 15. We picked the cornerstone expression 15.1 for this review. It is peated to 108.2 ppm and distilled from 100% Scottish Concerto barley. Maturation took ...