Whisky Reviews

In a half tipsy stupor from merrymaking at yatai food stores with the friendly folks of Fukuoka, I clamoured towards Bar Westie @barwestie2015, a w...

    The original...sort of, or more like the modern original!Nose: a young whisky, good body, mostly light bubblegum, some apple, light strawberri...

    Of all the IBs, Blackadder is the one I fear the most. I think I've said this a billion times.Nose: oil on heated metal, mineral-ly, soft suga...

    Supposedly distilled in 1977 and bottled in 2017. Aged in sherry casks. Not much information on this one, other than at the time it was somewh...

    Supposedly distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2018. I would provide context for the great label art, but I am not too familiar with The Romance ...

    Supposedly distilled in 1997 and bottled in 2018.Nose: initially heavy peat smoke but it fades quite quickly, honey, apples, figs, apple juice...

    Had this in 2019, but after a cocktail I believe.Nose: moderate peat smoke, light white sugar, a sour burnt plastic note, light metals mostly ...

    Had this at Whiskytalk Fukuoka 2019. One of those secret Islays, but marketed as Bowmore.Nose: sweet, waxy, grassy, floral, unexpected for a B...

    This bottling was all the rage, albeit briefly, a few years ago when it came out.... Laphroaig and Mizunara! I seriously wonder how long the M...

    This is a blend of Hanyu (ex-sherry hogshead), Glen Garioch (ex-sherry butt), and Longmorn (american oak ex-sherry hogshead). Bartender suspec...

    Eigashima Ryo 7yo, d.2009, KINKO Selected Release, Bourbon barrel, 56% abv.KINKO is a shop in southern Kyushu if I remember correctly. They do...

    Fuji Gotemba 25yo, Small batch, 46% abv.Single grain distillery exclusive bottle. Normal people can't get in. Wild turkey casks.Nose: intense ...