Whisky Reviews

  Benriach 26, b.1985, Single Cask Bottling for Shinanoya, Tokyo, Japan, Hogshead Cask No. 2000, 184/309, 51.7% abv.Nose: white and green grapes,...

  Mars Whisky, Burn The Barrel, Blended Japanese Whisky, Virgin American White Oak Barrel Finish, 40% abv.One of those mysterious Mars blends tha...

  Tamdhu 15, 1968, 43% abv.Sestante import. Tamdhu means "Little Dark Hill" in Gaelic and is one of the few Scottish distilleries with little dra...

  Glenturret 1966-1993, 80 proof but 45.7% abv.The proof-abv is based on some sort of old UK rule involving the division of proof by 1.75 would b...

  Laphroaig 1991, 23 years, 52.6% abv.This release was for the German market.Nose: smoke, peat, wood, with a dominant amount of salt in the form ...

  Suntory Blended Whisky, 和馨, 43% abv.This bottling was made by Suntory Chief Blender Shinji Fukuyo for Shinanoya with a supposed outrun of 539 b...

  Aberlour-Glenlivet 8, 1965, Aquavitae, Rinaldi? Italian import, 50% abv.The back label describes how Campbell's Limited is trying to protect it...

  Laphroaig 12, b.2014, bottle no. ?, 48% abv.Bottled for the Nordics. Sherry butts and first fill hogsheads. Supposedly a bottle count of 1,278....

  Glenfarclas 8 year, J&G Grant, 105° proof.Bartender thinks this is a 1970's bottling. Supposedly the J&G Grant label comes from the fou...

  Glenlivet 15, George & J.G. Smith's, Gordon & MacPhail, circa 1990, 57% abv.Glenlivet is one of Scotland's oldest single malt distiller...

  Royal Lochnagar 27, 1966-1993, SMWS 103.1, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,  59.9% abv.I asked the bartender to bring me something special. Afte...

  Willett Family Estate 5 years, Barrel no. 201, 71/196, 62.5% abv.Nose: a burning vanilla, some bbq sauce, lime juice, passion fruit.Palate: a l...