Review of the Macduff 2006, a 17 year old single malt whisky bottled by Belgian bottler Asta Morris. An independent bottling ...
Review of the Redbreast 25 Year Old 1997, a single Cream sherry cask #14143 bottled exclusively for The Whisky Exchange. A ...
Review of the Benrinnes 21 Year Old, one of Diageo's Special Releases 2024. It is a single malt Scotch whisky finished in ...
Review of Sherishòr 12 Year Old, a Pure Malt whisky triple matured in "real" old (ex-solera) sherry casks. Whisky with proper ...
Nose: at first nice and fruity, with stewed apples and foam bananas, as well as some bread dough and hints of cut grass. Then gooseberries, a hint of coconut and golden raisins. Light vanilla. There’s ...
Nose: nice and juicy fruits, like fragrant peaches and nectarines, pears, oranges and pineapple cubes. The mix of sweetness and tartness is spot on, and is enhanced by a velvety layer of waxy notes.
Bruichladdich just released Octomore series 15. We picked the cornerstone expression 15.1 for this review. It is peated to 108.2 ppm and distilled from 100% Scottish Concerto barley. Maturation took ...
Nose: clean and very ashy, with plenty of phenols, a little menthol and a good deal of coastal notes. Vertical and pure, not as boldly peated as expected. Then bread crust and just a hint of round ...
While virtually every independent bottler is releasing cognac and rum these days, Calvados is still taking up a small share. Perhaps because its obvious fruity character makes it quite different from ...