Whisky Reviews

  My experiences with Shizuoka’s core range offerings have been very consistent. Their 3-year-old whiskies are respectable in quality despite thei...

  Amidst this swirling maelstrom of praise and adulation for Japanese craft distilleries, I've always felt that Shizuoka Distillery’s offerings ha...

Without a doubt, this is one of the most complex, clean-tasting, and rich sherried whiskies I have had the pleasure of tasting.   Contrasted with ...

  Another cracker by Thompson Bros, from an undisclosed Highland Distillery but rumour has it it’s a Balbair. It definitely is a fruity one. On the...

  Happy I managed to grab this bottle last week to add to the growing Springbank collection, along with some other goodies. On the nose you get v...

  Bottle Kill I’ve been loving the cask strength bottlings that Benromach have been releasing recently and this has been no exception. At 60.2% it...

  Celebratory dram thanks to that beautiful Newcastle win. The colour on this is amazing. On the nose the cinnamon and cloves are quite prominent....

  Had an amazing time as usual at @grainandglassjq with @garchasglassy last night and tried some incredible drams. Ardbeg - Whilst I did enjoy thi...

This reminds us of... the elegant trail of smoke from an extinguished candle. Try this if... you're wondering know how the classic Ardbeg Ten ...

  This reminds us of... Razel's Peanut Butter Rum 🥜🥜. Try this if... You're open to trying peated whiskies without an overwhelming intensity....

If you have been closely following the whisk(e)y, rum scene, you may know that the indie bottlers really have an eye for art. It all begins to make...

  This has been receiving very good reviews so thought I’d grab a bottle as it’s reasonably priced. I’ve been pleasantly surprised, it’s a very we...