The Whiskyphiles

Scotch

  • Lindores MCDXCIV

    Pleasant with some presence of distillery character and plenty of oak wood influence. The cask variety adds to a multitude of flavours and aromas also. 82/100 Continue reading

    Lindores MCDXCIV

  • Beinn Dubh

    Enjoyable but perhaps doesn’t quite deliver what you would expect from the colour. This still has that classic Speyside distillery medium-light spirit style. Plenty of fruit and chocolate from the cask maturation and later some tannins and pleasant spices keep… Continue reading

    Beinn Dubh

  • Glen Moray Warehouse 1 2008 Manzanilla Finish

    Sweet and fruity from the Manzanilla sherry finish ads to the cereal and malt rich Glen Moray core flavours, very enjoyable. 86/100 Continue reading

  • anCnoc 2009 Vintage

    A delightful vintage expression from anCnoc, full of their classic honey character. The Spanish oak has imparted some leather and chocolate notes too. A worthy addition to anCnoc’s fine vintage range. 84/100 Continue reading

  • Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire 10 Years Old

    Good balance and approachable sherried Islay malt. Pleasant but could be so much more! At 40% this is a bit soft and a bit safe for me I’d like a touch more intensity to these flavours and experience. Continue reading

  • Auchroisk 18 Years Old 1994 Old Particular

    An accomplished Auchroisk from a refill bourbon cask. Vanilla and cereals lead with touch of fruit and plenty of white chocolate, delicious! 84/100 Continue reading

  • Miltonduff 25 Years Old 1988 Carn Mor

    Oddly salted but good, butterscotch and fruit flavours, plenty of tropicality and a really good body/structure or malty backbone to this one. 86/100 Continue reading

  • Glen Keith 20 Years Old 1995 Old Particular

    Fruity, solventy and woody. A clever mix which stays entertaining but becomes a touch spicy and vaporous towards the end. 84/100 Continue reading

  • 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 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