Review of the Ben Nevis 1996, a 28 year old whisky bottled by Douglas Laing in the Xtra Old Particular (XOP) series, ...

Review of the Spring selection in The Seasons series from The Whisky Exchange: Linkwood 2013, Glentauchers 2013 and Caol Ila 2014 single malt whiskies.

Review of Sipper's Rum, a blended rum by The Whisky Jury. It includes rums of up to 20 years from Jamaica, Latin America and ...

Nose: classic chalk, raw wool and sunflower oil. Hints of sweet mustard and lemon juice, maybe even a hint of unripe tropical fruit and custard cream, breaking the austere theme. Then also a fresh ...

In September 2024 Redbreast added a first 18 Year Old expression to its core range. It uses a combination of light and medium pot still distillates from Midleton distillery and fills the gap between ...

Nose: a mild farmy touch up front (dirty sheep wool, hay and rubber boots) along with almonds and honey. Then tobacco leaves, leather, walnuts and stewed apples. Whiffs of diesel. Oranges come forward ...

Millburn remains one of the rarest names in my tasting diary. This is only the second review, after a 1976 Gordon & MacPhail bottling that I had at the Hilton in Valencia one day. Millburn distillery ...

Here’s one of the brand-new Decadent Drinks releases: Laphroaig 1998. It is a marriage of two refill barrels, that have been combined in a 3rd fill European oak sherry hogshead for over two years and ...

In the fall of 2024 Compass Box underwent some big changes. Not only did founder John Glaser sell his share, some of the long-time hits like Hedonism and Spice Tree were discontinued due to stock ...

Nose: sweet and fruity. There’s pineapple on syrup, pears and ripe green melons. Hints of vanilla cream and coconut cream, even a hint of white chocolate. Then heather honey, a light green touch, some ...

Flensburg Rum Company (Oldman Spirits) has a very open look at the rum scene. They have some belters from established rum producers but they also released interesting names that apparently no other ...

Simple assessments with concise tasting notes from a wide range of distilleries. Here is volume 6 of the Rapid fire whisky notes (check volume 5).