Review of two cognacs from Delamain, bottled by Malternative Belgium: Lot 62 Petite Champagne and a TV RES Grande Champagne ...

Review of the 12 Year Old, a single malt Scotch whisky that is part of the 2025 Special Releases (Diageo). Cask strength ...

Review of the Springbank 20 Year Old, bottled from a single Oloroso sherry cask by Best Dram. This single malt whisky is part ...

The first bottle is The Golden Union, a combination of London’s stocks with spirit from Adnams Distillery (supposedly 13 ...

We already mentioned The Roots had bottled two Cooley 2001 casks a while ago. Here they are. Always nice to be try two immediate sisters casks head-to-head. Cooley 23 yo 2001 (50,8%, The Roots for The ...

I’ve reviewed four Springbank whiskies from Decadent Drinks in the past couple of years. Always high quality (90+ points) although the price often tempered my enthusiasm a little. After the 1996 ...

Murray McDavid was originally founded by Mark Reynier (ex-Bruichladdich), Simon Coughlin and Gordon Wright (ex-Springbank), but since 2013 it is the bottling brand of Aceo Ltd, one of the larger ...

WhiskyNotes is a personal collection of impressions, written while searching for the ultimate single malt whisky. A work in progress, and a continuous exercise for the senses. I started it in 2008 ...

Nose: new oak dominates. Pencil shavings, vanilla and spice. Underneath there is a sweet wave of sherry aromas, like sultana sweetness, caramel, hazelnut and cinnamon. Hints of toasted bread and wet ...