I visited the Whiskyshine festival in Macao, tried some excellent whiskies, met wonderful people and wrote a few words about ...

Review of the Penderyn 2015, a 10 year old single malt Scotch whisky bottled from bourbon cask 276, exclusive to The Whisky ...

Review of the Speyside single malt 18 Years, bottled by Saltire Rare Malts in their Cigar Malt series. It is matured in a PX ...

Nose: lovely elegance with plenty of subtleties. There is some herbal liqueur, tobacco and savoury sherry notes. Dark nuts and dried prunes. Some ripe apple underneath, but also herbal sauce with ...

Independent bottler Dramfool hasn’t been mentioned here often, but you may remember them from their Rhythm & Booze bottling. They also have this series of Red Bag releases, an anagram for a famous ...

Nose: syrupy fruits, like red plums, dried apricots and raisins. Some caramel sweetness underneath, with stewed pears and blood orange. Then a darker side of milk chocolate and cherry jam indeed – a ...

A single grain whisky in the Special Releases is not a new thing (a nice Cambus 40 Year Old springs to mind), but it is special coming from the malt distillery that is Teaninich. It marries ...

Nose: very aromatic and elegant. Indeed, much like the 1985 this shows a lot of furniture polish, light tobacco and fragrant jasmine, along with lots of juicy fruits. Nectarines and white peaches, ...

Nose: rather more impressive than the GlenAllachie 18 Years. Very fresh, with a bright fruitiness (banana, nectarine and mango) with marzipan and vanilla cake. Light mineral notes, grass and a peppery ...

Manzanilla casks and Amarone casks, could you possibly think of wine types that are further apart? Anyway that’s what Bunnahabhain used for this Turas Math #1 release, presented in the shadow of Feis ...

A Night on Earth in Scotland is the first Macallan release in an annual series that started off in 2021. It celebrates Hogmanay, Scotland’s New Year’s Eve. No surprise then that it contains whisky ...