Glenlivet 12 is the largest selling single malt in the world. Glenlivet 18 is one of the best 18 year old whiskies in the market. Glenlivet original bottling also has a 21 ans 25 yo. This is the 25yo bottled in 2020 that I tasted. Colour: Brick Nose: This is not fully matured in sherry casks but finished for 3 years in Oloroso sherry casks & diluted to 43% ABV. Sweet and warm spices fill the nose followed by some dry fruits, dark chocolates & maltiness fill the nose. Palate:

The best Kilchoman Loch Gorm till date. This one is a mix of casks from 2009, 2010 and 2011. Natural colour. Casks that held Oloroso sherry were used for maturation. Kilchoman is a distillery in islay. So its all islay peat. Colour: Reddish amber Nose: Peat and Sherry. Tar. Smoke. Tar. Sweetness from sherry. Dry fruits. Fennel. Cinnamon. Aniseed. But smokiness comes around. Parma ham. Cloves. Palate: Warm. Heavy peat. Warm spiciness from the sherry casks. Not luscious & a lit

The Whisky Barrel is an online whisky retailer who came up with a series of whiskies for celebrating man’s landing on the moon. This one is the 4th in the series. Matured fully in a 1st fill sherry butt. Colour: Dark Ruby Nose: Rubber. Sweetness from sherry. Cloves. Some aniseed. Leafy tobacco. Resins. Lot of walnuts and pecan. Palate: Dry sweetness. Compared to the colour, it is not as thick as I imagined. A bit thin. Black cardamom. A bit of wet woodiness. Finish: Medium. B

Stand up and applaud. For Ardbeg. For bringing in a 5yo to the market that’s very good. On the bottle it says ‘A monster of a dram’ attributing to its young age & peat. Colour: Right. The wife won’t interpret it any more than water. In worst case, may be detox water. Never an Ardbeg. Pale lemon. Nose: Wow. Citrus notes, peat but more like Uigeadail on the nose not an Octomore peat, very Arbeg tar, saline, iodine, sea sand, fenugreek leaves (Vendhayam) .... For a 5yo, no ide

This year, due to Covid-19, there was no Feis Ile. The distiller bottling were sold online. This is one such bottling for Feis ile 2020 from Bunnahabhain distillery. This whisky was matured for 6 years first before being moved to ex-Amontillado casks whetr they were finished for 3 more years making it a 9 yo whisky bottled at a cask strength of 56.9% Colour: Glimmering gold. Rich golden amber hue. Nose: Stunning. Loads of honey, caramel, peat, dark chocolates, old leather, po

I know many of those trivia buffs would have read it as Happiness is a warm gun by The Beatles (Paul, John, ..) Well the name is linked to the Beatles song. This is 5years old. Priced circa €210. SMWS bottling come in various levels. This one is a black label with golden engraving, meaning it is a luxury line. 134 refers to Paul John distillery and ‘6’ implies that this is the 6th cask bottled by SMWS from Paul John. 207 bottles were bottled from this cask. Most SMWS are sin

While Talisker 18 (especially the ones before 2010) will go down as one of the all time best whiskies. This is the 10yo, a whisky I always recommend to people who want a solid single malt but doesn’t cost much and one that’s quite enjoyable. Talisker 10 is a whisky that I recommend to br in the whisky cabinet of a regular whisky drinker. Talisker distillery is in the isle of skye. Colour: Gold Nose: Sweetness. Some golden sultanas & plums. Sharp peat smoke. Coastal flavours (