Review of the Bowmore ARC-54, a 54 year old single malt Scotch whisky from Islay. It is a 1968 vintage, bottled with Aston ...

Nose: plenty of waxy notes – great. Lemon tea with a dollop of honey, along with unripe nectarine, tangerines, green plums and hints of mango. Then light mineral hints and subtle dried herbs, as well ...

Review of Ledaig Hebridean Moon, a 10 year old cask strength single malt whisky from Tobermory distillery. A limited release ...

Review of the Islay 1990, a 34 year old undisclosed Laphroaig single malt bottled by Signatory Vintage for the Wu Dram Clan.

Living Souls is the brand of a new bottler Whisky Souls Ltd, founded by three people with a track record at Douglas Laing, Tullibardine and Loch Lomond Group, among others. They released a first set ...

Nose: buttery almonds with lovely greasy, waxy notes. Light apricots and ripe pineapple, hints of banana too. Leather and walnuts. Hints of metal polish. This one is quite rounded again, with exotic ...

Nose: on the bright side with lots of fruity notes. Damsons, mirabelles, oranges and pink grapefruits. Precious woods with just a hint of eucalyptus and potpourri in the background, as well as ...

Like last year there are eight Special Releases in the final line-up. It surprises me that there are no vintage statements on the labels this year. Maybe they’re added later, or weren’t really an ...

First review on this website of Thompson Brothers releases – I have to say I was quite excited to try them. Phil and Simpon are doing great things at the Dornoch distillery but until they can present ...

Springbank is working its way through a series of sherry cask matured whiskies. Each whisky is finished in a different cask type. In 2022 they released a 10 year old Pedro Ximénez version (which was ...

Nose: clean and very ashy, with plenty of phenols, a little menthol and a good deal of coastal notes. Vertical and pure, not as boldly peated as expected. Then bread crust and just a hint of round ...