Whisky Reviews

  Kirin 17, Premium Reserve, Blended Malt, 43% abv.Not much information from my sources. According to the bartender, this Kirin is a light blend ...

  Bell's Blended Scotch Whisky, Original, 40% abv.Bartender says the key malt is Cardhu. Online resources say there are also Blair Athol, Caol Il...

  Dry Fly is a relatively recent distillery founded in the state of Washington, USA. It says it uses local products in their whisky production pro...

  The more recent, newly designed original Laphroaig bottlings. I consider them the 2nd generation lineup, all older - distilled in the 1980's or...

  Mars Maltage 'Cosmo' - (nose) smells sweet, (taste) subdued honey but dominant, light smoke, light dried fruit, slightly spicey. (Finish) short...

  Laphroaig 10yo, Original Cask Strength, Batch 9, 58.1% abv.Nose: major grass, phenolic, some peat, a little bit of smoke. After a piece of choc...

  Aberlour A'bunadh, Batch 57, 60.7% abv.Nose: strong sherry, honey and cherries, hints of salt, can't feel the high abv, after awhile I can smel...

  Balvenie 21yo, Madeira Cask, 40% abv.Originally released in the travel retail market.Nose: honey and dry oak. Four drops of water makes it plai...

  Lagavulin 12yo, b.2015, 56.8% abv.The 15th release of the laga 12 in Diageo's Special Releases.Nose: a lot of peat, major wood, with longer dee...

  Aberlour A'bunadh, Batch 60, 60.3% abv.Nose: super sherry, light honey, concentrated grapes and cherries, and other red fruits.Palate: dry, cho...

  Yamazaki bourbon barrel. 2011 or 2009 bottling, forgot to ask and I can't tell from my pics. Part of Yamazaki's Cask Collection series with a b...

  Like everyone else, I recently went through, and am still going through, an unexpectedly extremely rough patch of life. As usual, such times sh...