The Whiskyphiles

85 points

  • Glen Scotia Double Cask

    Glen Scotia Double Cask whisky review: More smooth and creamier than I remember from our last tasting, much more toffee character too which appears to predominate now giving great body and mouthfeel. 85/100 Continue reading

  • Tamdhu Batch Strength 3

    Tamdhu Batch Strength 3 whisky review: Very sherried and a little spirity at points, this is full of dark chocolate and red fruits which combine wonderfully here. 85/100 Continue reading

  • 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

  • Highland Park 16 Years Old Wings Of The Eagle

    Highland Park 16 Years Old Wings Of The Eagle whisky review: Much more established fruit flavour here, a lovely touch of cocoa, buttery smoke and almonds. I’m not sure why but to me Highland Park always seems to taste best… Continue reading

    Highland Park 16 Years Old Wings Of The Eagle

  • BenRiach 12 Years Old 2005 Single Cask 2682

    BenRiach 12 Years Old 2005 Cask #2682 whisky review: Perfectly balanced earthy Highland peat smoke and dark and jammy fruits. 85/100 Continue reading

  • Glendronach 15 Years Old Revival

    The GlenDronach 15 Years Old Revival whisky review: A classic GlenDronach on the nose but quite bitter on the palate with influences of pine, coffee, grinds plenty of tannins and woody spice. I don’t know why but I am increasingly… Continue reading

    Glendronach 15 Years Old Revival

  • Tobermory 12 Years Old 2005 Fino Cask Finish

    Tobermory 12 Years Old 2005 Fino Cask Finish whisky review: Not overly complex but lots of pleasant flavours, definitely sweeter and darker fruits than I would have normally expected from Fino sherry casks – perhaps this spent quite some time… Continue reading

  • Bimber 2 Years Old Port Cask

    London Single Malt Spirit Port 2 Years Old review: Diminishing, from nose to finish. The nose is there or thereabouts, even a lovely musty wood smell that suggest old Port maturing in the cellars. The palate still carries a little… Continue reading

    Bimber 2 Years Old Port Cask

  • Ledaig 12 Years Old Discovery

    Ledaig 12 Years Old Discovery Island single malt Scotch whisky review: For me Ledaig can be brilliant and on a par with Ardbeg with the first sip and like drinking out of stale beer can used as an ashtray from… Continue reading

    Ledaig 12 Years Old Discovery

  • Bunnahabhain 11 Years Old Discovery

    Bunnahabhain 11 Years Old Discovery Islay single malt Scotch whisky review: A lot more balanced – of course, classic Gordon & MacPhail’s pairing of spirit and cask. I’d have loved much more sherry influence, but this excels in its balance.… Continue reading

    Bunnahabhain 11 Years Old Discovery