Whisky Reviews

  Macallan Classic Cut, 2017 Limited Edition, 58.4% abv.The 2017 Classic Cut was offered as an affordable, sherry-based, NAS with a bottle count ...

  Glen Rothes Signatory Vintage 1990, 25 years, matured in hogshead casks 19011 and 19021, 28/320, 51.8% abv.Nose: burnt rubber, racetrack, light...

  Auchroisk 10yo, Flora and Fauna, 43% abv.In the early 90's United Distillers Vintners,  which would later become powerhouse Diageo, "haphazardl...

  Tomatin 14, Port Wood Finish, 46% abv.Matured for 13 years in bourbon barrels before being finished for about a year or year and a half in Port...

  Benriach 12, Matured in Sherry Wood, 46% abv.This 2011 IWSC Trophy winner was matured in Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez Sherry butts.Nose: honey, le...

    Colonel E.H. Taylor Straight Rye, 1st and only, 50% abv.Supposedly, Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. made this recipe over 100 years ago. A...

  Bowmore 15 Mariner, pre-2000, glass label with sea gulls and ship, 43% abv.This is an infamous bottling, more commonly connected with the term ...

  Glenmorangie 10, American Mountain Oak, Duty Free Sales Only, 43% abv.Nose: initially honey and grapes, then after a few seconds it changes to...

Lagavulin 8, 200th anniversary, 46% abv.To celebrate their 200th anniversary, Lagavulin released a special 8 year scotch based on an event that ...

  Laphroaig Lore, 48% abv.A 2016 release named after the skills passed down from generation to generatiom at Laphroaig. The interesting part is t...

  Floki Icelandic Young Malt. (2016, barrel 31, bottle 456) Nose: dulled honey notes, very light citrus. Palate: low level bitterness, very waxy,...

  Glenfarclas 105 cask stength, recent 2010's (right) and 1990's (left) bottlings. For my birthday a few days ago, the barkeep at my favorite whi...