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  • Irish Single Malt #3 13 Years Old Batch 3

    Irish Single Malt 13 Years Old Batch #3 whisky review: Plenty of body, packed full of fresh fruit and cereals, just a touch to sour and oaky on the finish for me. Quite a summery dram. 83/100 Continue reading

  • Brenne Cuvee Speciale

    Brenne Cuvee Speciale whisky review: I quite like this one, something very different from classic Scotch single malts.  Definitely on the sweeter side and very perfumed, but I couldn’t get over my love of classic bubblegums which this reminded me… Continue reading

    Brenne Cuvee Speciale
  • The One Port Edition Prototype Cask Strength

    The One Port Prototype Cask Strength whisky review: Definitely benefiting from delivery strength, this Port finish expression is dangerously drinkable at 60.2% ABV, With such and intensity of flavour you could almost be mistaken that this has spent some time… Continue reading

    The One Port Edition Prototype Cask Strength
  • The One Sherry Limited Edition

    The ONE Sherry Limited Edition whisky review: Very balanced, quite robust for a blended whisky and the higher ABV really helps add meat to this ones bones. A pleasant mixture of spirit and cask, lively -most likely from the youthfull… Continue reading

    The One Sherry Limited Edition
  • A Fine Christmas Malt 2018

    A Fine Christmas Malt 2018 whisky review: A lovely sherried Christmas dram, a little spicy and sappy/pine wood actually keeps this refreshing. There is plenty of sticky syrupy sweet and buttery oils in here but well-balanced against wood influences. Perhaps… Continue reading

    A Fine Christmas Malt 2018
  • Glenglassaugh Octaves Peated Batch 2

    Glenglassaugh Octaves Peated Batch 2 whisky review: Quite savoury in comparison to the Octaves Classic Batch 2. Chalky and mineralic on the nose and palate and a lovely dry peat smoke (not oily Islay-like) much more herbal and mineralic Speyside… Continue reading

  • Glenglassaugh Octaves Classic Batch 2

    Glenglassaugh Octaves Classic Batch 2 whisky review: A touch spicy as presented but with lots of great structure and medley of fruits, quite a lot of different cask stave influences made this one difficult to ascertain more exact flavour descriptors.… Continue reading

  • Longmorn 57 Years Old 1961 Cask 512

    Longmorn 57 Years Old 1961 Cask #512 whisky review: More closed on the nose, this one rewarded a little more fruit on the palate but again another Cask-heavy wood-centric expression that sadly could have come from any number of distilleries.… Continue reading

  • Longmorn 57 Years Old 1961 Cask 508

    Longmorn 57 Years Old 1961 Cask #508 whisky review: Great nose, and a wonderful experience to try such an old Longmorn, but, the contrast between the nose and palate is too great. Far too over-oaked for my palate, too spicy,… Continue reading

  • Whisky Blog Rankings November 2018

    November 2018 update whisky blog ranking Ranked by Alexa rank / traffic estimates thewhiskeywash.com scotchwhisky.com breakingbourbon.com malt-review.com whiskyadvocate.com whisky.com forwhiskeylovers.com thewhiskeyjug.com maltymates.com whiskeyreviewer.com bourbonr.com whiskyfun.com bourbonbanter.com modernthirst.com scotchnoob.com distillerytrail.com scotchaddict.com whiskynotes.be whiskyexperts.net meleklerinpayi.com whiskyintelligence.com pancakesandwhiskey.com todowhisky.es whiskycast.com pursuitofpappy.com greatdrams.com keyifadami.net veviski.com… Continue reading