Auchentoshan American Oak is a no-age-statement (NAS) single malt that’s been aged exclusively in a combination of first and ...

I an Macleod sources the whisky, then handles all the bottling, branding, marketing, and distribution under the Smokehead ...

Directly north of Islay lies the rugged island of Jura. Just northwest of Jura, separated by a narrow strait, is the uninhabited island of Scarba. The Corryvreckan whirlpool forms in the Gulf of ...

Whiskies from Glen Grant have always felt like very solid whisky staples to me. Alongside both Glenfiddich and The Glenlivet, they are always readily available at most bottle stores in my area, and ...

Leiper’s Fork Bottled in Bond Tennessee Whiskey – Review On the nose: I’ve been drinking a lot of Armagnac lately, so I’m oddly greeted by a familiar scent: raisin. I love my Armagnac, so the raisin ...

Whisky reviews with objectivity and transparencySome of the big whisky websites are funded by corporate groups. Others do paid-for content with brands. We don’t want to sell advertising. We don’t want ...

If someone says to you “I’m drinking Scotch made on an island,” your first guess for its provenance would probably be an Islay distillery. Yes, Islay is best known for its briny, iodine heavy, burnt ...

Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Years Old – Review Pre-Diageo bottling. 40% ABV. Color: Maroon. On the nose: I get short, semi-dry and slightly peppery aromas of blood orange, chocolate-coated orange peels, ...

The devil made me do it! I am not referring to Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub, or whatever moniker you prefer for the prince of darkness. Rather, I’m talking about some of the deadly sins ...

Malt uses a full 10-point scoring scale, with sensitivity based on price. Scoring is problematic, because it imparts a false quantitative precision to what is an inherently subjective experience.

In our world, this means one gets gifted a box of samples containing many vials of delicious tropical liquid containing the exceptional rums from Foursquare’s Exceptional series. The skeptics out ...