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Highland

  • Glen Garioch 11 Years Old 2008

    Glen Garioch 11 Years Old 2008 whisky review: A nice and gentle introductory dram, fruity and creamy with some more developed ‘green’ kiwi and melon flavours. 84/100 Continue reading

    Glen Garioch 11 Years Old 2008

  • Clynelish 1992 Distillers Edition

    Clynelish 1992 Distillers Edition Whisky Review: Hmm this one felt very much like a work in progress to me, perhaps not overtly influenced by the Oloroso Seco finish or perhaps 16 years of previous maturation  required slightly more rather than… Continue reading

    Clynelish 1992 Distillers Edition

  • Blair Athol Distillery Only 2019

    Blair Athol 2019 Distillery Exclusive (48%, OB, 6000 Bottles, 2019) ABV: 48% Age: NAS Bottling: OB, Diageo Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Cost: £90 Origin: Blair Athol distillery Vintage: Undeclared What they say See press release here: Blair Athol… Continue reading

  • Macduff 10 Years Old Batch 8

    Macduff 10 Years Old Batch 8 Whisky Review: A lovely rich and dark chocolatey expression with a surprise hit of salinity / coastal influence. 87/100 Continue reading

    Macduff 10 Years Old Batch 8

  • Royal Lochnagar 2019 Distillery Exclusive

    Royal Lochnagar 2019 Distillery Exclusive whisky review: Rich and malty, gently spiced throughout – a pretty fair representation of Lochnagar’s output, if you’re a fan (like me) then you wont be disappointed with this one. Also this is likely the… Continue reading

  • Ben Nevis 23 Years Old Batch 10

    Ben Nevis 23 Years Old Batch 10 Whisky Review: A simply wonderful Ben Nevis expression! I found this one much grubbier and sweaty and full of Ben Nevis’s industrial funk than the Amber Light bottling. 89/100 Continue reading

    Ben Nevis 23 Years Old Batch 10

  • Glendronach Traditionally Peated

    The GlenDronach Traditionally Peated Whisky Review: This is sweet first from the cask maturations then a dry peat smoke emerges, these interchange on the palate regularly during the course of this dram giving it a wonderful complexity as varying levels… Continue reading

  • Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 8

    The GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 8 Whisky Review: Another great Cask Strength expression from GlenDronach, perhaps erring on the side of PX casks in this mixture which makes it all the more appealing to me. 86/100 Continue reading

    Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 8

  • Royal Brackla 12 Years Old Batch 1

    Royal Brackla 12 Years Old Batch 1 whisky review: Fruity limes, nutty and spicy with an odd minerality, flavours and colour suggest another refill cask vatting reduced to drinking strength – I’m not sure this one ticked my boxes too… Continue reading

    Royal Brackla 12 Years Old Batch 1

  • Blair Athol 8 Years Old 2009 Fidra

    Blair Athol 8 Years Old 2009 Fidra whisky review: Very young, spirity and hot, definite sherry influence present here (tasted blind to cask type) with dried fruits, blackcurrant and after a while hints of treacle. 73/100 Continue reading

    Blair Athol 8 Years Old 2009 Fidra