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  • Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 4

    Very peaty as expected, I felt this one was much better when reduced with water as lots of flavours were masked or locked away behind the wall of peat smoke. 87/100 Continue reading

  • Paul John Oloroso

    Good work from the Oloroso casks here with classic dried fruit and chocolate to the fore. 84/100 Continue reading

  • Paul John Brilliance

    Solid, sweet and malty and some good fruity and floral notes too. Not too spirity and a touch spicy and drying at the end to keep it interesting. 82/100 Continue reading

    Paul John Brilliance

  • Mackmyra Bjorksav

    Very sweet and with plenty of range and intensity of flavours. Perhaps a little too sweet for my palate? 82/100 Continue reading

  • Octomore 10.2

    Sweeter and smokier than 10.1 and a nice addition of both tropical and stone fruits, I don’t think I’d have picked out the Sauternes influence here but in my defence Octomore’s are pretty robust spirit to begin with! 88/100 Continue reading

  • Oxford Rye Whisky Batch 4 The Graduate

    Another solid Rye expression from TOAD, perhaps more of the Rye spice to the fore here – this didn’t feel as cask-complex as previous expressions and more raw spirit nature shines because of it. 84/100 Continue reading

    Oxford Rye Whisky Batch 4 The Graduate

  • Glen Moray Warehouse 1 Barolo Finish

    A touch tannic and spicy in places at full strength. This presents an unusual mixture of red fruits and toffee which is oddly harmonious. Another predictably excellent, wine cask influenced, Glen Moray. 85/100 Continue reading

  • The Whiskymaker’s Editions Bal Masque

    Quite a refined and polished expression, quite tight or closed in places. A good malty caramel sweetness infused with fruits but encased in French oak, needs a little water to loosen it up. 84/100 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

  • Wilderness Trail Cask Strength Rye

    Incredibly drinkable as presented, not too spicy but full of woody herbal notes and sweet toffee, possibly the best Rye whiskey I have ever tasted! 88/100 Continue reading