The Whiskyphiles

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  • The One Signature Blend

    The One Signature Blend whisky review: A great blend and definite improvement in flavour profile for me, the work on this from Dhavall and the Lakes Distillery really is starting to show here. 84/100 Continue reading

    The One Signature Blend

  • New York Distilling Company 2 Year Old Rye Batch 3

    New York Distilling Company 2 Year Old Rye Batch 3 review: A spicy rye but with some real sweetness as well. A really loved that sticky fruity note redolent of maraschino cherries and dark chocolate, almost black forest gateaux just… Continue reading

    New York Distilling Company 2 Year Old Rye Batch 3

  • Kininvie 5 Years Old 2013 Single Malt

    Kininvie KVSM001single malt whisky review: Initially I found this far too light and thin and didn’t favour the off citrus notes and spice. On revisit, and having breathed a little, this had smoothed a little around the edges, more sweetness… Continue reading

    Kininvie 5 Years Old 2013 Single Malt

  • Pacory Hors d’Age

    Pacory Calvados Domfrontais Hors d’Age Calvados Review: Very fruity and fresh, slightly ascerbic and drying fresh oak influence with masses of vanilla throughout to complement the sweetness of the fruits. 85/100 Continue reading

    Pacory Hors d’Age

  • Scallywag

    Scallywag blended malt whisky review: More fuller flavoured than I remember and much more complex too. Still quite fruity in nature and just a little more spice and wood than I prefer but a decent blended malt nonetheless. I guess… Continue reading

    Scallywag

  • Paul John Bold

    Paul John Bold whisky review: On revisiting this I had quite a different experience, the peat influence appears to have grown despite this likely gaining a couple of years maturation since we tasted the inaugural release version back in 2015.… Continue reading

  • Paul John Edited

    Paul John Edited whisky review: Tried previously but I hadn’t managed to write up notes. I do remember being taken aback by how ‘peaty’ this one seemed but I recognize this now as that herby/heathery and mentholic peat which I… Continue reading

    Paul John Edited

  • Paul John Brilliance

    Paul John Brilliance revisit: Still very delicious and drinkable, perhaps it was the heat we were sampling this at but it reminded me more of a mixture of bourbon and single malt scotch whisky. It has the cereal depth but… Continue reading

    Paul John Brilliance

  • Highland Park Dragon Legend

    Floral Orcadian peat tempered by sherry-cask maturation results in a very drinkable Dragon Legend. 84/100 Continue reading

    Highland Park Dragon Legend

  • Glenkinchie 12 Years Old

    For completeness we dug this 2014 bottled Glenkinchie 12 out of the archives and find it sits somewhere between the previous two we have tried. 82/100 Continue reading

    Glenkinchie 12 Years Old