The Whiskyphiles

92 points

  • Glasgow 1770 Sauternes Cask Finish

    My favourite of the tasting, the perfect combination of sweet and peat. I’ve long had a fascination with Sauternes-cask finished whiskies and this one really hits the mark with youthful peaty exuberance and leathery, stone-fruit skin sweetness in perfect harmony.… Continue reading

  • The Singleton of Dufftown 54 Years Old

    Remarkably well-aged and rejuvenated whisky which is massively drinkable in no small part to the PX polish of sweet dried fruit, nut and chocolate influences layered over some really deep, fibrous and chewy old wood. Hugely complex as befitting its… Continue reading

  • Grace Île 25 Years Old

    Grace Île 25 Years Old Whisky Review: A superb and elemntal Islay dram with cured meat, peat ash, brine and plenty of malted barley – drinks like an old Caol Ila. 92/100 Continue reading

    Grace Île 25 Years Old

  • Littlemill 40 Years Old 1977 Celestial Edition

    Littlemill 40 Years Old Celestial Edition Whisky Review: Definitely sherry influenced, perhaps some of the sweeter and dried fruit/nut flavours belie that cask-driven final maturation, however they do not mask that florality of Littlemill’s spirit character. 92/100 Continue reading

    Littlemill 40 Years Old 1977 Celestial Edition

  • Bruichladdich 1984 / 32

    Bruichladdich 32 Years Old 1984 Rare Cask Series Bourbon: All In whisky review: Slightly reminiscent of Calvados with both fresh and baked apple flavours paired with old oak wood in a perfect combination. Slightly drying and spicy on the palate… Continue reading

    Bruichladdich 1984 / 32

  • Redbreast 32 Years Old 1985 Dream Cask

    Redbreast 32 Years Old 1985 Dream Cask whiskey review: Despite being only 1 year older, I found this much more woody and redolent of chocolate then the last time we sampled it. A lot of the tropical fruit elements were… Continue reading

  • Carsebridge 52 Years Old 1964

    The Spirit Still Carsebridge 52 Years Old 1964 Single Grain Scotch Whisky Review: Beautifully sweet but also fantastically proud of its grain spirit heritage, incredibly sweet, fresh and lively for its age. I could easily loose myself on the nose… Continue reading

    Carsebridge 52 Years Old 1964

  • Glendronach 24 Years Old Grandeur Batch 9

    A medley of Sherry-influenced flavours delivers a rich and varied experience. Plenty of depth and complexity but slightly too dark, bitter and spiced in the nose and finish for my own personal taste. 92/100 Continue reading

  • Glenlivet 27 Year Old Batch 1

    Oh yum yum yum yum! An old, elegant Glenlivet, a delightfully aromatic nose and then pure pleasure on the palate with wonderful fruits, malt and oak. 92/100 Continue reading

  • BenRiach 30 Years Old Authenticus

    Post prandial in a very conventional way, full-bodied and filling with heathery peat influence and finishes like a wafer thin mint followed by a cigar in a deep leather armchair, had me thinking of Mr Creosote from Monty Python’s The… Continue reading

    BenRiach 30 Years Old Authenticus