Whisky Review #76: Linkwood double header – Maltbarn 16 Years Old vs Cadenhead 26 Years Old

Linkwood is a distillery which is fairly well-known by whisky drinkers and blenders alike, primarily due to its vibrant and accommodating nature. Blenders in particular love it due to its combination of fresh, fruity, green and grassy flavours along with a surprisingly powerful mouthfeel. In this sense, it provides the best of both worlds. The […]

Whisky Review #75: Springbank 1968 35 Years Old (Bottled by Chieftain’s)

And so we’ve hit another checkpoint on the road to the 100th review on this blog, with this being the 75th standalone whisky review since it all began back in late January 2015. As such, I decided that it was probably fitting to have a rather memorable whisky to remember this review by. Springbank has […]

Whisky Review #74: Clynelish 1997 16 Years Old PX Finish (Wilson & Morgan Barrel Selection)

Clynelish is a bit of an anomaly in the sense that while it has only been around for slightly less than 50 years, its history is dictated by events which precede its establishment. It is also associated with one of the famous closed distilleries in Scotland, which is another reason for its relative popularity. While […]

Whisky Review #73: Bruichladdich Micro Provenance 4 Cask Samples

This review will focus on the 3 samples which were on offer during the Bruichladdich Micro Provenance 4 livestream and tasting session at the offices of Remy Cointreau Asia on the morning of the 14th of October. The samples are as follows: Cask #361 – distilled in 2008 and matured full term in a French […]

Whisky Review #72: Balblair 2000 14 Years Old Sherry Cask (TWE Exclusive)

Ahh Balblair, how much I adore thee. Considering how many stellar releases this distillery has churned out over the years, it is rather surprising to see just how underrated it is in the eyes of many. The whiskies which the distillery produces tend to go under the radar for the most part, but sometimes there […]

Whisky Review #71: Laphroaig Quarter Cask (Revisited)

This week’s review brings us on the short ferry ride across the Sound of Islay from the isle of Jura to the isle of Islay, where we revisit a distillery which is adored and admonished in equal measure to once again sample one of their core range expressions. Laphroaig is a distillery which needs no […]

Whisky Review #70: Isle of Jura 30 Years Old (Limited Edition)

We are no strangers to the whiskies produced by the Isle of Jura distillery on this blog. In fact, two reviews of separate expressions have appeared on here over the past year and they give a glimpse of what the distillery does well (in terms of its core range) and what it is capable of […]

Whisky Review #69: Starward Wine Cask

This week’s review takes us back to Australia (and more specifically, Melbourne), where we encounter a whisky which has been making waves in the local as well as international scene. Starward whisky is the product of the New World Whisky distillery, which is located in the Essendon Fields area of Melbourne and is very close […]

Whisky Review #68: Glenlochy 1968 40 Years Old

As this week’s review is the 68th since I started this blog, I have decided to put forth a 40 years old bottling from 1968. What’s more, it’s from a closed Highland distillery that will never be reopened and has therefore been consigned into the pages of distillery history. But before we dive into the […]

Whisky Review #67: Laphroaig 11 Years Old (Exquisite Schiphol Exclusive Bottling)

Ahh Laphroaig. If there was one word which could accurately describe the whiskies that the distillery produces, it would probably be polarising. People definitely fall into one of two categories when it comes to Laphroaig: Either they love it to death, or hate its guts. This polarisation can be partly attributed to the uninitiated wanting […]

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