We review any and all whiskies so you know what's good. Accessible and written in plain English. No obscure terms that require a dictionary.
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Nose: fruity, red fruits, light wood.Palate: medium body, initial palate has that light fruit and wood, mid palate has a more dirty sherry, hi...
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Came as a pair (Springbank 26yo, d.1992, Aquavitae, Hogshead no. 282, 198 bottles, 51.0% abv). Aquavitae is a bottler from Taiwan that seems t...
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Background: unicorn sighting at this year’s Limburg Whisky Festival. Serge Valentin gave it 98 points back in 2008, and there seem to be no oth...
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Without a doubt, this is one of the most complex, clean-tasting, and rich sherried whiskies I have had the pleasure of tasting.
Contrasted with ...
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First things first, this is a damn good blend, probably wouldn’t guess it was one if you were drinking blind.
On the nose it’s quite citrusy, s...
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A cat-lobster hanging on to a bottle of Scotch - this is the sort of stuff that gets you noticed! And that's at least in part what the Thompson ...
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Another cracker by Thompson Bros, from an undisclosed Highland Distillery but rumour has it it’s a Balbair.
It definitely is a fruity one. On the...
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This bottle has a pretty sizeable cult following from both how distinctive its label is and of course, the subject of its label - the Japanese ...
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Independent bottlers are the backstage artisans of the fine spirits world, curating a nice range of quality spirits thought to appeal to a mor...
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This article was inspired by the episode “Food is art but why do people treat it differently” from The Dave Chang Show.
In this episode, Dave l...
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Happy I managed to grab this bottle last week to add to the growing Springbank collection, along with some other goodies.
On the nose you get v...
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The Single Cask is an independent whisky bottler and bar that started out in the UK, but now has chapters in Singapore and Japan.
As the name su...
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