8.8
2 min read
A review of two Balcones, the Eclipse Texas Rye Cask Strength and a 4-year-old Single Malt bottled by Archives.
8.8
8.6
3 min read
A review of three releases from Watt Whisky: a Croftengea 2017 5 Years, Tormore 2010 12 Years and Clynelish 2011 10 Years.
8.7
3 min read
A review of two new exclusives for The Whisky Exchange, a Millstone 1996 26 Years and a Millstone Peated 2017 5 Years.
8.6
1 min read
A review of the Dornoch 2017 5 Years Cask #13, a rare release from the inimitable Dornoch Distillery.
8.7
3 min read
Part of Berry Bros & Rudd Nordic Casks series, this Norse single malt from Myken is actually illegal to sell in Norway.
1 min read
Fruity, rich and full of flavour, Bimber again shows why it is leading the wave of new craft whisky distilleries.
2 min read
My distillery visit in 2018 was horrendous, but Torabhaig's Inaugural Release is actually rather good.
1 min read
Lagavulin seems to do well at any age. There's the wonderful Lagavulin 8 Years Old as an example of what impact young distillate can have, but also many examples of well-aged Lagavulin that reach stratospheric heights.
1 min read
The words Lagavulin and Distillery Exclusive makes any whisky enthusiast's heart skip a beat. In the past, exclusive bottlings for Feis Ile or the Jazz Festival have reached rarified air.
1 min read
It's become tradition for Douglas Laing to release a special Feis Ile Edition of their blended Islay malt Big Peat. This year they opted to release a version that was finished in sherry casks (a first) and bottled a slightly higher strength.
