Whisky Reviews

  Balvenie 15, Single Barrel 761, Bottle 106, 47.8% abv.Nose: bubblegum, cherries, cheap light milk chocolate, hints of raisins. Very light.Palat...

  Aberlour A'bunadh, Batch 60, 60.3% abv.Nose: super sherry, light honey, concentrated grapes and cherries, and other red fruits.Palate: dry, cho...

  Finlaggan Cask Strength, 58% abv.Apparently, Finlaggan is an IB Islay by The Vintage Malt Whisky Company. Older bottles were rumored to be Laga...

  Glengoyne 12, 43% abv.Interestingly a mix of  first-fill sherry, refill sherry, and first-fill bourbon hogsheads.Nose: sharp, a weak combinatio...

  Like everyone else, I recently went through, and am still going through, an unexpectedly extremely rough patch of life. As usual, such times sh...

  At a professors retirement party. One of the professors brought this new Highland Park 12. After about 20 people had a shot, they just gave it ...

  Kilchoman Sanaig. Sanaig is the name of a small, rocky inlet north of the distillery on the west coast of Islay. A 50/50 vatting of ex-bourbon ...

  Port charlotte 13. From the independent bottler The Maltman, bottled in 2002 with an outpour of 120 bottles.Nose: honey and subdued smoke.Palat...

  Kilchoman 100% Islay 2010-2017, 50% abv.These Kilchoman 100% Islay editions are basically just that, all the materials and processes are from a...

  Islay Mist, 17 years, Blended Scotch Whisky, 40% abv.According to Macduff International, Islay Mist was made in 1922 to celebrate the 21st birt...

  Caol Ila 30yo, 1984-2014, Hunter Laing Old & Rare, 246 Bottles, 53.2% abv.Nose: red wine, light peat, sweet, vinegar, wax shows up later. W...

    Laphroaig 24yo, 1990-2014, Hunter Laing Old & Rare, Refill Hogshead, 285 Bottles, 51.9% abv.Nose: super peaty, coastal, burnt wood, gasol...