Whisky Reviews

  Supposedly an experimental 1 year "vatting" of a juice from a young heavily peated 1999 Jura with a much older mature juice from the 1970s. Inte...

  Lagavulin 8, 200th Anniversary, 46% abv.This is a revisit. To celebrate their 200th anniversary, Lagavulin released a special 8 year scotch bas...

  Lagavulin 12, 2011, 57.5% abv.Nose: generally sweet, wood, smoke, salty, cereal, light fruit, grapes, grass. With time the smoke, salt, light f...

  Compass Box This Is Not A Luxury Whisky, 4,992 bottles, 53.1% abv.This blend is composed of 79% 19 year old Glen Ord from a first-fill sherry b...

  Compass Box Spice Tree Extravaganza, 12,240 bottles, 46% abv.This limited edition blend supposedly consists of 32.6% 20 year Glen Ord in first ...

  Glenfarclas, The Family Casks, 1991-2017, Sherry Butt Number 209, 570 bottles, 57.0% abv.Nose: light bodied, a sweeter honeyed sherry, actually...

  Enlightenment, Compass Box, 5,922 bottles, 46% abv.Compass box used to openly provide information on the contents of their blends in their Tran...

  Laphroaig 16, 35cl, 43% abv.This travel retail, half size bottle was part of Laphroiag's 200th Anniversary releases which also include the 15, ...

  Black Snake, Blackadder, Vat No. 2 Third Venom, b.2016, Oloroso Cask Finished, 178/486, 59.8% abv.Solera system, but bartender has no idea what...

  Glenfarclas 8 year, 2008, Cask Hand Selected by The Whisky Hoop, Cask No. 443, 59.5% abv.Nose: super intense sherry, coughed on my first 2 whif...

  Lagavulin, Bottled Especially to Celebrate Islay Jazz Festival 2016, 4553/6000, 54.5% abv.Supposedly a vat with a majority of 15 year matured i...

  Lagavulin, Bottled Especially to Celebrate Islay Jazz Festival 2017 Jazz Festival, 2196/6000, 57.6% abv.Matured in refill american hogshead and...