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  • The Whiskymaker’s Editions Colheita

    The Whiskymaker’s Editions Colheita Whisky Review: Very drinkable, a good intensity of aromas and flavours. This reminds me a lot of a good oaky and fruity red wine, perhaps the most easily approachable/drinkable expression so far from the Lakes Distillery.… Continue reading

  • Lambay Single Malt

    Lambay Single Malt Whisky Review: A lovely dram, full of ‘green’ fruits, kiwi, banana and coconut, there are hints of tannic oak wood and woody sugars that along with some of these fruits may have developed from the Cognac cask… Continue reading

    Lambay Single Malt
  • Cardhu Special Cask Reserve

    Cardhu Special Cask Reserve Whisky Review: Soft and gentle, accessible if a little uninspired, some vanilla oak influence but errs towards bitterness and awful thin feeling at 40%. 76/100 Continue reading

    Cardhu Special Cask Reserve
  • Green Isle

    Green Isle Whisky Review: A great blend predominated by a distinct coastal Islay character, plenty of fruity apples and also lots of vanilla and oak influence here too. 84/100 Continue reading

    Green Isle
  • Eden Mill 2019 Release

    Eden Mill 2019 Release Whisky Review: Quite unusual and I’m left wondering if this is the effect of the usage of Crystal and Chocolate malted barley for some part of the distillations in this mixture. Very chocolatey with plenty of… Continue reading

    Eden Mill 2019 Release
  • The Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.3

    The Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.3 Whisky Review: A definite move in the right direction in this series, delivered at a more approachable ABV. This has a super nose but sadly it is not totally backed up on the palate. Perhaps an… Continue reading

    The Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.3
  • Loch Lomond Signature

    Loch Lomond Signature Whisky Review: A very well constructed blend, sweet and sour, more than a touch of dusty oak and plenty of sherry influence. This feels like a blended whisky designed to be taken neat. 83/100 Continue reading

    Loch Lomond Signature
  • Talisker Select Reserve House Greyjoy

    House Greyjoy Talisker Select Reserve Whisky Review: A classic Talisker, probably a little youngish but with plenty of good peppery smoke and brine, some herbality. My first impression was this was much more buttery/oily/i.e. young compared to drier aged Taliskers,… Continue reading

    Talisker Select Reserve House Greyjoy
  • The Milk & Honey The Whisky Show London 2019

    The Milk & Honey The Whisky Show London 2019 Whisky Review: Very woody initially and a touch herbal, when it has breathed a little this woodiness calms down a little and reveals some pretty decent whisky, reminded me of some American… Continue reading

    The Milk & Honey The Whisky Show London 2019
  • Big Peat Christmas 2013 A Real Cracker

    Big Peat Christmas 2013 A Real Cracker Whisky Review: Maybe not as pleasing as (the previously sampled 2014 edition) but still a beast of a dram that politely punches your face in.  85/100 Continue reading

    Big Peat Christmas 2013 A Real Cracker