Review of the HD 2018 CH and HD 2019 HGML, two rums bottled by The Whisky Jury in their series The Ester Hunter. Extremely high ester rums.

Review of the Bowmore 2004 and Bowmore 2014 bottled by the Thompson Brothers in 2025 and 2026. Two single malt Islay Scotch ...

Review of the Bowmore 21 Years 'Old Islay' and Ledaig 20 Years 'Old Mull', two single malt whiskies from Decadent Drinks celebrating the island style.

A head-to-head review of Ben Nevis 1996 cask 1321 (bottled by The Whisky Jury) and cask 1334 (from Kanpaikai & The Antelope). Excellent single malt whiskies.

Review of the Isle of Raasay single malt 'Specialist's Choice', exclusive to retailers in The Netherlands. It's a young peated whisky from 2021.

Like last year there are eight Special Releases in the final line-up. It surprises me that there are no vintage statements on the labels this year. Maybe they’re added later, or weren’t really an ...

Nose: ripe plums and damsons with chocolate brownie, hazelnuts and sweet praline. Also wood spice like clove and cardamom. Maybe not a sherry bomb, but definitely sherried. Then sultanas and wine ...

Nose: the peat kept quite a lot of its power. Lots of iodine, herbal ointments and whiffs of camphor. Then eucalyptus oil, old leather, warm beach sand and vegetal oils. Just a touch of charcoal.

Nose: very yeasty and bready. Slightly dusty, with a whiff of wet cardboard. Then lots of yellow apples (slightly oxidized) and plenty of hay. Light vanilla and citrus. Hints of schnapps too, with a ...

Nose: rather more impressive than the GlenAllachie 18 Years. Very fresh, with a bright fruitiness (banana, nectarine and mango) with marzipan and vanilla cake. Light mineral notes, grass and a peppery ...

They also have a Glenalba brand (generally older) and Abrachan for blended malts. The current range is bottled by ‘Clydesdale Whisky Co’ in Glasgow, not to be confused with the other Clydesdale ...

Exciting times for the Celtic Whisky Distillerie (formerly known as Glann Ar Mor) in Brittany (France). They’re currently re-building the distillery, so to speak, in order to adapt to certain ...