Review of the Millstone 2010 cask B237, a 12 year old whisky exclusive to The Whisky Exchange. It is a very umami style of ...
Review of four Swedish single malt whiskies from High Coast distillery: Älv (delicate vanilla), Hav (oak spice), Timmer (peat ...
Review of the Japonism 1976, a blended Scotch whisky bottled by Sansibar + Shinanoya. Single cask whisky with a lovely old ...
German retailer DeinWhisky presented three more white label bottlings from Sansibar, exclusive to the store. There’s Ben Nevis 1997 and Ardbeg 2009, but we’re starting with a Blended Scotch 1976. This ...
Nose: a mild fruitiness, on ripe pear, gooseberry and apple. Vanilla, shortbread and round hints of buttercups. The biscuity side (sablés) grows stronger over time. Then there’s also a hint of dried ...
Sometimes really good whisky slips through the meshes of the net. Bottles sometimes sell out quickly, or simply lose momentum because of simultaneous releases. One of them is this Cragganmore 1986 ...
Nose: quite rounded, with vanilla, lemon, apricots and peaches, as well as almonds. A second wave brings mineral oils, golden raisins and light spearmint. Subtle coastal notes as well, though minimal, ...
Nose: fairly light, with a dialed back funky side. Tangerine, lime, melon and yellow apple. Then broken branches and subtle minty ashes. Almonds and toasted vanilla. Later hints of tobacco leaves and ...
I believe the oldest Imperial whisky I tried was the 33 year old Recollection release from Gordon & MacPhail. Today we’ll top this with a 34 year old bottled by Elixir Distillers in the Director’s ...