Review of the Macduff 2006, a 17 year old single malt whisky bottled by Belgian bottler Asta Morris. An independent bottling ...

For the 2024 Special Releases Diageo looked at Glen Ord again. In recent years Glendullan and Glen Ord seem to alternate. A ...

Review of the Benrinnes 21 Year Old, one of Diageo's Special Releases 2024. It is a single malt Scotch whisky finished in ...

Review of Sherishòr 12 Year Old, a Pure Malt whisky triple matured in "real" old (ex-solera) sherry casks. Whisky with proper ...

Review of two Calvados releases from Christian Drouin: a 1964 from the Sins series by Distilia, and a 32 year old bottling in ...

Cream sherry casks are still not very common for whisky maturation (except for the Canasta casks that seem to be used by lots of distillers these days). I find that strange for different reasons.

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.

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 ...

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 ...