Review of the Islay 1990, a 34 year old undisclosed Laphroaig single malt bottled by Signatory Vintage for the Wu Dram Clan.

Review of the Bowmore ARC-54, a 54 year old single malt Scotch whisky from Islay. It is a 1968 vintage, bottled with Aston ...

Nose: light and friendly. Plenty of crisp apples and pears, along with some lime and foam bananas. Then some grassy and blossomy touches, along with spring honey. There’s some white pepper tingle and ...

Review of the Blended Scotch 40 Years, a whisky bottled by the new independent bottler Living Souls. A well made blend but ...

Nose: plenty of waxy notes – great. Lemon tea with a dollop of honey, along with unripe nectarine, tangerines, green plums and hints of mango. Then light mineral hints and subtle dried herbs, as well ...

The Wild Blue is a new limited edition from Talisker. It underlines the distillery’s salty and smoky DNA with a 16-month finish in South African red wine casks, used in wineries near the Atlantic ...

Ledaig Hebridean Moon is the first cask strength version of their Ledaig 10 Year Old. It is also interesting because it contains the first spirit drawn from Tobermory’s new still, installed in 2014.

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 ...

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 ...

The oldest Jameson whiskey to date has just been bottled for The Whisky Exchange: Jameson 23 Year Old. It is a follow-up to their previous 22 year-old expression. This well-aged whiskey consists ...

In November 2023 the book The Distillation of Whisky 1927–1931 hit the shelves , released by botllers James Eadie. Although it steps outside their usual territory, the book follows their first release ...

Two new Smögen releases from the folks at Decadent Drinks — a name that’s quickly become synonymous with characterful selections. This time we’re looking at a 2014 and a 2016 vintage, both distilled ...