The Whiskyphiles

World Whisky

  • Hinch New Make Spirit

    Plenty of character and a well structured new make. A promising base spirit for experimenting with maturation and beer cask finishing. Continue reading

  • Willowbank 18 Years Old Batch 2

    Lots of old wood and fruit influence as you’d expect for its age and ex-red wine cask, hints of eucalyptus in places but overall a superb woody old whisky! 85/100 Continue reading

  • Teerenpeeli 5 Years Old Batch 1

    Another great wine cask example from TBWC, I’ve no feeling for the original spirit but this felt like mostly sherry cask and perhaps not too much original spirit nature – certainly for a 5yo. The result is a very enjoyable… Continue reading

  • Armorik 5 Years Old Batch 2

    Very sweet on the nose but very balanced on the palate and eminently drinkable. Some sharp French oak tannins give a good edge or foil to the fruity Sauternes sweetness. 84/100 Continue reading

  • Paul John Oloroso

    Good work from the Oloroso casks here with classic dried fruit and chocolate to the fore. 84/100 Continue reading

  • Irish Single Malt #2 15 Years Old Batch 6

    Sweet and clean, creamy and with plenty of fruit suggestive of mostly spirit and ex-Bourbon maturation keeping things fairly straightforward and enjoyingly simple. A touch odd in the finish – perhaps indicative of the distillate source? 85/100 Continue reading

  • Paul John Brilliance

    Solid, sweet and malty and some good fruity and floral notes too. Not too spirity and a touch spicy and drying at the end to keep it interesting. 82/100 Continue reading

    Paul John Brilliance

  • Mackmyra Bjorksav

    Very sweet and with plenty of range and intensity of flavours. Perhaps a little too sweet for my palate? 82/100 Continue reading

  • Oxford Rye Whisky Batch 4 The Graduate

    Another solid Rye expression from TOAD, perhaps more of the Rye spice to the fore here – this didn’t feel as cask-complex as previous expressions and more raw spirit nature shines because of it. 84/100 Continue reading

    Oxford Rye Whisky Batch 4 The Graduate

  • The Whiskymaker’s Editions Bal Masque

    Quite a refined and polished expression, quite tight or closed in places. A good malty caramel sweetness infused with fruits but encased in French oak, needs a little water to loosen it up. 84/100 Continue reading