The Whiskyphiles

Speyside

  • anCnoc Peatheart Batch 2

    Another great peated expression, less sweet and floral than the 12 year old but quite mealy and full of oak wood and fruit, wood char, peat smoke and coal-tar soap. 85/100 Continue reading

  • anCnoc 12 Years Old

    A good & classic anCnoc expression, quite flavourful and rich even presented at 40% ABV with lots of dessert-led fruit and sweetness. 84/100 Continue reading

    anCnoc 12 Years Old

  • Cragganmore 2003 Distillers Edition

    Cragganmore 2003 Distillers Edition Whisky Review: Feeling a little thin in texture at 40% ABV but otherwise lovely soft fruits and cereals and that gentle suggestion of smoke & spices. 83/100 Continue reading

    Cragganmore 2003 Distillers Edition

  • Cardhu Special Cask Reserve

    Cardhu Special Cask Reserve Whisky Review: Soft and gentle, accessible if a little uninspired, some vanilla oak influence but errs towards bitterness and awful thin feeling at 40%. 76/100 Continue reading

    Cardhu Special Cask Reserve

  • Craigellachie 18 Years Old 1995 Old Malt Cask

    Craigellachie 18 Years Old 1995 Old Malt Cask Whisky Review: A well-sherried Craigellachie which still retains a little of that meaty sulphur and citrus peel spirit nature too, as a lover of heavily-sherried malts this one appealed to more than… Continue reading

    Craigellachie 18 Years Old 1995 Old Malt Cask

  • Glen Moray 16 Years Old 2004 Burgundy Cask 213

    Glen Moray 16 Years Old 2004 Burgundy Cask #213 Whisky review: Definitely my favourite of the trio. Richer and deeper in flavours though the same tannic spice is here it is a little more balanced against the wine cask here… Continue reading

  • Glen Moray 16 Years Old 2004 Chenin Blanc Cask 341

    Glen Moray 16 Years Old 2004 Chenin Blanc Cask #341 Whisky Review: Another full bodied and intense expression. Again quite tannic and spicy, with water this moves into fruit & chalk but still that must/old rubber persists throughout. 84/100 Continue reading

  • Glen Moray 17 Years Old 2003 Chardonnay Cask 7670

    Glen Moray 17 Years Old 2003 Chardonnay Cask Whisky Review: Pretty full on at cask strength this is packed with fruits and tannins, with water some peppery spice still remains. 85/100 Continue reading

  • Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish

    Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish Whisky Review: A much more delicate dram than the Dailuaine, more typically speyside and slightly more typically sherried here also. Leather and sun-dried fruits combine with plenty of orange zest and hazelnut. 88/100 Continue reading

    Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish

  • Dailuaine 12 Years Old 2008 PX Finish

    Dailuaine 12 Years Old 2008 PX Finish Whisky Review: Thick and dark dram, full of coffee cake, tiramisu and black forest gateaux. That heavy and touch sulphury Dailuaine character here adds meat to the fibrous nutty and ground coffee nature.… Continue reading

    Dailuaine 12 Years Old 2008 PX Finish