Review and tasting notes for the Roseisle 12 Years, a single malt whisky that is part of the 2024 Diageo Special Releases ...

Belgian importer Young Charly recently secured a single cask from Glasgow distillery. The peated spirit was distilled in 2018 ...

They’ve recently launched Delia’s Christmas Series 2024, a set of five bottlings from The Whisky Agency, exclusive to the ...

Review: Caol Ila 11 year old 'Ambrosial Feast', part of the 2024 Special Releases from Diageo. Scotch single malt matured in ...

Nose: relaxed sherry, not too heavy. There are red apples, hints of cherry syrup and old leather. Then some mocha and cinnamon, along with dried herbs. Some praline. Acacia honey, as well as a light ...

Nose: a very earthy and seaside style of peat, with coal dust, a bit of leather and tobacco, as well as a whiff of mustard, fisherman’s rope and a nice dusty edge. Underneath I find some red apples, ...

Nose: bright and reasonably fruity. Lemon peels, sunflower oil and green bananas at first. It gets increasingly syrupy and rich, on tinned peaches and grapes. Then hints of marshmallow and vanilla ...

A couple of weeks ago I was introduced to the Sherishòr whisky. This German concept focuses on genuine (ex-solera) sherry casks for the maturation of an undisclosed blended malt whisky from Scotland.

Lochside 40 yo 1981 (49,2%, Gordon & MacPhail 2021, refill sherry hogshead #802, 141 btl.) Glen Mhor 40 yo 1982 (50,8%, Gordon & MacPhail 2022, refill sherry hogshead #72, 174 btl.) St Magdalene 39 yo ...

Cream sherry casks are still not very common for whisky maturation (except for the Canasta casks that seem to be used by lots of distillers these days). I find that strange for different reasons.