In our pursuit of excellence, we’ve encountered some quite awe-inspiring whiskies. The four you see at the top of our scoreboard, those we have rated as ‘Sublime’, are the whiskies…
So far we’ve had reviews from the Old Pulteney 21, the Ardbeg Uigeadail, and Ballantine’s 17. The Scottish theme here comes to an end in our mini ‘best of’ series…
I reviewed Ardbeg’s 10 year old last summer – possibly the moment where boy turned to man. My god, what a whisky. And we’d heard that the Ardbeg Uigeadail (pronounced…
Ballantine’s Finest was Jim Murray’s finest blended Scotch whisky with no age statement in 2012; not for the first time, I’m afraid I just don’t feel the same way about…
For our first foray into Canada, we’re reviewing its classic eponymous blend, Canadian Club. For years the ubiquitous ‘Club Whisky’ of North American gentlemen’s establishments, it today graces not only…
By odd coincidence, the whisky that Raph got me for Christmas – Ardmore’s Traditional Cask – is made pretty close to the whisky that I bought him, Glendronach 12. They…
Ach! Another infuriating whisky that promises so much only to be found lacking in almost all departments. Bell’s website lists some of the whiskies found in this blend and that…
Much like the previous two reviews (The Famous Grouse and Grant’s), we return once more to blended whisky. Most blends are a mixture of about 80% grain whisky and 20%…
You’ll recognise Grant’s because it comes in a triangular-shaped bottle: an inspired decision taken by graphic designer Hans Schleger in 1957 (according to the distillery’s website). Then again Grant’s website…
This blog has been running for almost a year, yet we’ve somehow (perhaps inexplicably) managed to cover almost none of the well-known brands. Well, that’s about to change: a triumvirate…
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