Review of the Benromach Contrasts - High Enzyme, an experimental single malt whisky made with a special kind of malted barley ...

Review of the Springbank 1994, a 30 year old single malt Scotch whisky bottled by Distilia in their series 'The Sins'. Funky ...

Nose: a mild sooty note in the background, along with herbal tea, raw wool and a hint of inner tubes. Whiffs of engine grease ...

Review of the 'Gone Grant' 1994, a 30 year old single malt whisky (probably from Caperdonich distillery) bottled by Decadent ...

Nose: mild coconut with baked apple and rich toffee notes. Then fresh vanilla and a touch of fig syrup. Not a wood monster, good. Cinnamon and quite a lot of marzipan sweetness. Some caramelized corn.

The Unchill-filtered range from Signatory Vintage is an entry-level selection. While a bottling strength of 46% used to be a nice selling proposition back in the early 2000s (in fact, the first ...

Malternative Belgium just bottled two 5th anniversary bottlings. Actually it’s a quartet because there is also a pair of Pineau des Charentes releases. We’ll review these in a separate post if you don ...

Nose: clementines on syrup, sweet pears, blackcurrants and whiffs of guava as well. Round, but also showing a little rubber and varnish. Then there’s also a different side that reminds us of grain ...

Nose: bright orchard fruits, like (cider) apples, stewed pears and yellow plums. Underneath there is a slightly dusty barley note, old books and a forgotton bowl of potpourri. Then honeyed notes, ...