Whisky Reviews

    Before Number One, there was Mercian. Was it better then? Mixed feelings on that as some seemed to be good, but many did not, and I feel like ...

    Another pre-Number One release, quite young. Lucky to even find these around. Had this in late 2019.Nose: a sort of grape and fruit perfume, i...

    Chichibu 6yo, 2009-2016, Malt Dream Cask for FOS, Bourbon no. 539, 76/177, 62% abv.For Bar Forest on the Sea (in Tokyo, Asaksa) on their 15 an...

    Iwai Tradition, Wine cask finish, 40% abv.Iwai Traditions are blends from Mars Shinshu distillery. A mashbill of 70% malted barley and 30% cor...

      Nose: dusty grape juice, syrup, old wood, some old grape juice popsicle sticks, lemons, some weird cough syrup.Palate: medium body, initial ...

    Nose: smells like that fat ginseng (fa kay sum), vegetative, Chinese herbs, with air time it gets more sour, but more like strawberries or che...

    Glen Grant has a series of these vintage, aged juice that seem to be hit or miss. I wonder how big their cellars are to have such offerings. W...

    Nose: complex, one of the few SMWS where the name actually describes the aromas, buttery but like a Mexican taco truck butter after absorbing ...

    This one was taken out from the bars freezer.Nose: hints of vanilla, butterscotch, many white wine notes here, totally bourbon cask oriented.P...

    Says "Rare Edition" right on the front label. For inventing the English language, they sure don't seem to use it properly in the Scotch indust...

    See this quite often on secondary. I wonder why... ahhh that bottle count. Huge.Nose: moderate red fruit and red wine aromas, cherries, light ...

    A 73 LM! Should be good and fruity. Had this in 2019.Nose: light bodied, yellow fruits, perhaps peach or apricot skin, light loquats, grilled ...