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Review of Ardnahoe Inaugural Release and Ardnahoe Infinite Loch, two new single malt whiskies from the new Ardnahoe ...
Review of 7 single malt whiskies from Dongwei distillery in China. We try 2014, 2016 and 2017 spirit from this small craft ...
Review of the T.D.L. 2003 rum released for Salon du Rhum in 2024. It is a Trinidad rum bottled by Swell de Spirits in the 'On ...
Review of Ambir, Embra and Pitch: three single malt whiskies from distillery in Edinburgh. Experiments with yeasts, malts and ...
Review of the Ben Nevis 1996, a 28 year old whisky bottled by Douglas Laing in the Xtra Old Particular (XOP) series, ...
Nose: peated lemonade. There’s thick, muddy peat, forest floor and dried grass, but also clear lemony notes and lemongrass. It’s slightly feinty and bulky, with a whiff of asparagus, yet it also ...
Nose: chalky and oily, with a coastal salinity and a fresh hint of green apple, rhubarb and sweet lemons. Maybe pineapple. Then Chamois leather and leafy notes, with hints of muddy water, rapeseed and ...
Nose: very aromatic and elegant. Indeed, much like the 1985 this shows a lot of furniture polish, light tobacco and fragrant jasmine, along with lots of juicy fruits. Nectarines and white peaches, ...
Nose: syrupy fruits, like red plums, dried apricots and raisins. Some caramel sweetness underneath, with stewed pears and blood orange. Then a darker side of milk chocolate and cherry jam indeed – a ...