The Whiskyphiles

89 points

  • Scapa 30 Years Old 1988 Connoisseurs Choice

    Scapa 30 Years Old 1988 Connoisseurs Choice whisky review: Sweet, complex, mineralic and spiced. Surely full of Scapa character whatever that may be? This has been well-aged in a refill cask but still retains some rather unusual and unique flavours.… Continue reading

    Scapa 30 Years Old 1988 Connoisseurs Choice

  • Glengoyne 17 Years Old Batch 1

    Glengoyne 17 Years Old Batch #1 whisky review: A very classy dram with a polished and subtle sherry influence that still lets the natural fruitiness of the Glengoyne spirit shine through. 89/100 Continue reading

    Glengoyne 17 Years Old Batch 1

  • Tobermory 24 Years Old 1994 The Single Cask

    Tobermory 24 Years Old 1994 The Single Cask whisky review: A very drinkable refill? sherry butt matured Tobermory. The nose and the palate show hints of that metallic/radiator nature of Tobermory’s spirit and some vaporosity – followed by brown/woody sugars,… Continue reading

    Tobermory 24 Years Old 1994 The Single Cask

  • MacNair’s Lum Reek Peated 21 Years Old

    MacNair’s Lum Reek Peated 21 Year Old blended malt whisky review: A deliciously well-aged blend, just enough peat smoke to make me think of older style single malts and also robust but subtle or rather soft sherry influences too -… Continue reading

    MacNair’s Lum Reek Peated 21 Years Old

  • Glen Scotia Victoriana Cask Strength Batch 001

    Glen Scotia Victoriana Cask Strength Batch 001 whisky review: Following the 18 year old, this one really stood out for me. Perhaps it was the extra ABV or the charred cask and PX influences? I don’t really know why but… Continue reading

    Glen Scotia Victoriana Cask Strength Batch 001

  • SMWS 29.249 Sweet black tea in the surgery

    SMWS 29.249 Sweet black tea in the surgery whisky review: OK so it is a finished whisky and my conscience still tells me that doesn’t sit right with the old ‘Product of a single cask’ statement the bottles used to… Continue reading

    SMWS 29.249 Sweet black tea in the surgery

  • Cask Islay

    Cask Islay single malt scotch whisky review: A delicious Islay expression which at first nose suggested Caol Ila distillery, later a hint of gun oil had my mind drifting towards Lagavulin but the beauty of these is we don’t really… Continue reading

    Cask Islay

  • BenRiach 20 Years Old 1997 Single Cask 4437

    BenRiach 20 Years Old 1997 Cask #4437 single malt scotch whisky review: A great mixture of dried orchard and fresh tropical fruit, old wood enlivened with some zesty gingery spices. A lovely example of a 20 year old BenRiach and… Continue reading

  • Paul John Peated Select Cask

    Paul John Peated Select Cask whisky review: Even more fun at Select Cask strength, this peated edition presents the ideal sweet and peaty mixture again with a chewy cereal backbone to this whisky. 89/100 Continue reading

    Paul John Peated Select Cask

  • The Spirit Still Give’N’Tell 25 Years Old 1992

    The Spirit Still Give’N’Tell 25 Years Old 1992 Single Malt Scotch Whisky Review: A wonderful floral nose hints at vanilla pastries and desserts, the palate is much livelier and fruitier and dry pine overcomes the drying and tannic finish, a… Continue reading

    The Spirit Still Give’N’Tell 25 Years Old 1992