Whisky Reviews

  Balvenie 14 Golden Cask, 47.5% abv.Released around 2009 for the travel retail market, I believe for France only. Seems like the 14 year Golden ...

  Glenfarclas, The Family Casks, 2005-2016, Y's Cask, Cask Number 3141, 305 bottles, 61.7% abv.Nose: butter, low levels of sherry notes, vegetati...

  Glenfarclas, The Family Casks, 2000-2017, Refill Sherry Butts, Cask Number 396, 615 bottles, 60.1% abv.Release sp17.Nose: major sherry, honey, ...

  Talisker 25yo, b.2015, 2330/9882, 45.8% abv.Matured in mostly American oak hogsheads with some European oak refill casks. Interestingly, Talisk...

  Laphroaig 25yo, b.2015, 46.8% abv.I actually didn't remember the Laphy 25s were a vat of first fill Oloroso sherry and ex-American oak casks. T...

  Caol Ila 15, 1966, Sestante import, Aquavitae, 65.3% abv.Bartender was telling me the Caol Ila distillery closed in the early 70s so the whisky...

  Highland Park 37, 1967-2004, Oak Cask No. 10197, 480 bottles, 47.5% abv.This HP single cask was specifically distributed in Japan. Seems like 1...

  Hakushu, 1993-2008, Heavily Peated Malt, Location 17-14-3, White Oak Hogshead Cask No. 3B40575, 40/216, 59% abv.Much of the juice from Hakushu ...

  Highland Park Bicentenary, 1977-1998, Bottle no. 01426, 40% abv.This was released to celebrate the bicentenary of Highland Park distillery in 1...

  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,...

  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...