Single malt whisky is malt whisky from a single distillery, that is, whisky distilled from fermented mash made exclusively with malted grain (usually barley), as distinguished from unmalted grain. Scotch single malt is distilled, matured for a minimum of 3 years and bottled in Scotland.
Fujikai 10 Years Old Whisky Review Category: Japanese single malt whisky Origin: Monde Shuzo Distillery Bottling: Les Whiskies Du Monde ABV: 43% Cost: £49.95 What they say: A 10 year old Japanese […]
Chichibu Chibidaru 2010-2014 Whisky Review Category: Japanese single malt whisky Origin: Chichibu Distillery Bottling: Official: Ichiro’s Malt ABV: 53.5% Cost: £110 from The Whisky Exchange What they say: The 2014 release of […]
A simply stunning expression, made all the better thanks to the sensible pricing. This really is a well constructed dram redolent of the festive period and Christmas-time. A Dessert of a dram. 90/100
SMWS 4.214 After hours Whisky Review Category: Island single malt scotch whisky Origin: Highland Park Distillery Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask 4.214 ABV: 54.4% Cost: £89.70 buy from SMWS Score: 86/100 What […]
Jack Ryan Beggars Bush 12 Years Old Whisky Review Category: Irish single malt whiskey Origin: Cooley Distillery Bottling: Jack Ryan ABV: 46% Cost: £51.83 What they say: Our very own Limited Release […]
SMWS 96.8 Relaxing in an alpine meadow Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: GlenDronach Distillery Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask 96.8 ABV: 58.3% Cost: £44.20 buy from SMWS Score: […]
Bruichladdich Micro-Provenance Cask 013 Whisky Review Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bruichladdich Distillery Bottling: Official for #LaddieMP3 ABV: 50.6% Cost: £90 Score: 86/100 What they say: The Micro Provenance series is […]
Santis Cask Strength Peated Edition Dreifaltigkeit Whisky Review Category: Swiss single malt whisky Origin: Santis Distillery (Brauerei Locher AG) Bottling: Official – sampled from Flaviar World Whisky tasting pack ABV: 52% Cost: […]
Amrut Whisky Review Category: Indian single malt whisky Origin: Amrut Distillery Bottling: Official ABV: 46% Cost: £41.45 What they say: Amrut Single Malt Whisky According to Indian Mythology, when Gods and Rakshasas […]
Interesting, delicate and quite creamy but with an overriding chalky nature that screams BOWMORE at me in big letters, coupled with either a refill sherry cask or mixture of refill sherry/bourbon cask maturation this remains highly drinkable but not overly impressive for me.
