Whisky Reviews

  Lots of fanfare exist around Scotch’s of the 1980’s. Lores exist around them, and legends about them being the “real” Scotch constantly haunt th...

Rich and Round       What important factors make for a good brand of whisky? Flavour is the most important one, no doubt. Under these headers, a ...

“Bacardi exits Compass Box with Caelum Capital taking control,” read the headlines of industry newswire Just Drinks on 5 May, 2022.   Suddenly, a p...

  Today, I have in hand a bottling of Mars’ Asagi Madara, 8 Year Old, a malt and grain blended whisky, that was issued in commemoration of Mars Sh...

A while ago, I had the benefit of finally (after years) actually tasting one of Stefan van Eycken’s Ghost Series bottlings, specifically Ghost #9. ...

  The last three decades in the world of Japanese whiskies has seen a spectacular amount of change - some good, some not so good. One thing’s for ...

“You put your right foot in You put your right foot out You put your right foot in And you shake it all about You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn ...

    I got into scotch whisky a few years ago. Got out some time last year, when I realised I had a problem finding interesting bottlings at reaso...

   Review #4: Cadenhead's 175th Anniversary Heaven Hill 20 years old (15 September) Nose: morning dew on grass, polished wood, melange of savoury...

Hi guys. I have been lurking here for some time, and I learned a lot from this community. For that I need to thank all of you for keeping this redd...

Fruity and Spicy     What is up Pandas, we have a double-header for you today, back to back Bimbers. This isn’t one for the DFS catalogs and its ...

Smokey and Peaty     On to the next! This is Bimber matured in ex-Bourbon casks and then finished in heavily peated ex-Islay oak casks. Ardbeg? C...