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 ...

Spheric Spirits is a young indie bottler from Germany, started by Benedict and Claudio. They have a slightly edgy / flashy branding (check the website) – I like the vibrant colours on the labels but ...

Nose: quite a maritime start, with fisherman’s rope and wet pebblestones, as well as some baker’s yeast and beer notes underneath. Some vegetal smoke, pears and hints of toffee. Then walnuts and hints ...

It had been a while since I went through the core range of Highland Park. My last review of the 18 Year Old dates back to 2009… Until recently, that is. I was invited to wade through a water bed near ...

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 ...

The 2025 Special Releases bring us an 18 year old Clynelish single malt. There’s more good news as they used refill casks for maturation. One thing stands out in the description though: it includes ...

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 ...

Nose: a mild wood influence at first, with some vanilla and white pepper, along with some citrus oil and gentle fruity notes like apricots and stewed apples. Some dried grasses and hints of leather in ...