8.9
7 min read
A review of the entire range (so far) of new independent bottler Living Souls, including malts from Tobermory and Balblair, as well as a range of blended Scotch whisky and blended malts.
8.9
9.2
6 min read
A review of several 75th Anniversary releases from Douglas Laing, including the Port Ellen 40 Years 1982, Speyside's Finest 55 Years 1967 an King of Scots 50 Years.
5 min read
A review of The Whisky Exchange's 50th Anniversary Collection bottled to celebrate 50 years since co-founders Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh's family began its journey in the drinks industry.
9.1
2 min read
A review of the 2022 Release of the Benromach 40 Years, which matured exclusively in sherry casks.
9.1
3 min read
The first annual batch of Benromach 40 Years takes us back into time, essentially to a closed distillery that is no longer with us.
1 min read
When you spill 40-year-old Glenfarclas on your keyboard...
1 min read
A 40-year-old Banff at a dangerously low cask strength makes for a good whisky not.
1 min read
Glenfarclas isn't too keen on independent bottlers using their name, so the bottlers find creative ways at suggesting the contents of a particular bottling without upsetting the Grant family. Blairfindy is what Blackadder settled on.
1 min read
Good, old school distillate with plenty of oak influence. Proper stuff from Glenfarclas.
1 min read
Over the past few years we've been treated to numerous excellent examples of Speyside whiskies from the 1970s, either undisclosed single malts or blended malts.
1 min read
A tad heavier than the most recent iteration of the Vega, if I remember correctly, in which I found some more subtleties. Still, a cracking whisky, and one that (if you were able to get one at original retail price) provides a whole lot of bang for your buck.
4 min read
A flight of five incredible new expressions from Douglas Laing's XOP-range with an accumulative age of 176 years. Macallan, Littlemill, Laphroaig, Glen Garioch and North British.
