Whisky Reviews

  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...

  40 year blended by Taiwanese independent bottler The Whiskyfind, Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海經). Supposedly a blend of malt and grain, She...

  Yamazaki bourbon barrel. 2011 or 2009 bottling, forgot to ask and I can't tell from my pics. Part of Yamazaki's Cask Collection series with a b...

  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 ...

  Omar bourbon cask 3 years from the Nantou distillery of the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation (TTL). TTL was a state-owned manufacturer and...

  Bunnahabhain 29  by Taiwanese independent bottler The Whiskyfind, Shanghai Classic (上海經).Nose: sweet honey like XO.Palate: cool, light smoke, o...

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

  Islay (猴塞雷) by Taiwanese independent bottler The Whiskyfind with an outpour of 312 bottles. This is part of their "the art of calligraphy" seri...

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