Review of Sullivan's Cove 18 Years and Hellyer's Road 20 Years, two Tasmanian single malt whiskies bottled for The Antelope in Macau.
Review of the Glen Scotia 2015, a 10 year old single malt bottled by the Thompson Brothers for The Whisky Exchange. Finished ...
Review of Glen Elgin 2012, Glen Garioch 2011 and Longmorn 2009 - three single malt Scotch whiskies bottled by Watashi Whisky ...
Review of the Calvados Domfrontais - Louis de Lauriston 1993, bottled by Distilia in their series The Virtues. A deeply complex Calvados.
Review of the HD 2018 CH and HD 2019 HGML, two rums bottled by The Whisky Jury in their series The Ester Hunter. Extremely high ester rums.
Review of the Bowmore 2004 and Bowmore 2014 bottled by the Thompson Brothers in 2025 and 2026. Two single malt Islay Scotch whiskies.
Dropping today: two Island whiskies from Decadent Drinks. The first is O.I. Old Islay, a 21 year old Bowmore. Then there’s O.M. Old Mull, a 20 year old Ledaig. It’s all about contrast here. This ...
A head-to-head review of Ben Nevis 1996 cask 1321 (bottled by The Whisky Jury) and cask 1334 (from Kanpaikai & The Antelope). Excellent single malt whiskies.
Nose: slightly dusty smoke appears first, although there’s already a rich fruity layer underneath. Smouldering sawdust, or the burnt edge of a freshly sawn plywood. Then a sweet and sour apple note ...
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: pretty great. Waxy notes up front, with tangerine, green banana and warming apples. Hints of hay, dandelions, a hint of fresh butter, but also a lightly dusty hint of potatoes. Then some vanilla ...
Nose: ripe plums and damsons with chocolate brownie, hazelnuts and sweet praline. Also wood spice like clove and cardamom. Maybe not a sherry bomb, but definitely sherried. Then sultanas and wine ...