Review of the Bimber Harmony of Eight, the first age statement whisky from this distillery, and the Bimber 8 Years single ...

Review of Compass Box Secrets of Smoke, a blended malt from Compass Box, which consists of spirit from Laphroaig, Ardmore, ...

Review of the Islay 1990, a 34 year old undisclosed Laphroaig single malt bottled by Signatory Vintage for the Wu Dram Clan.

Nose: light and friendly. Plenty of crisp apples and pears, along with some lime and foam bananas. Then some grassy and blossomy touches, along with spring honey. There’s some white pepper tingle and ...

The Whisky Fair in Germany (a few weeks ago) is traditionally the moment when The Whisky Agency presents its major outturn. Follow them on Instagram for the latest info. This year we’re getting seven ...

Nose: plenty of waxy notes – great. Lemon tea with a dollop of honey, along with unripe nectarine, tangerines, green plums and hints of mango. Then light mineral hints and subtle dried herbs, as well ...

Review of the Bowmore ARC-54, a 54 year old single malt Scotch whisky from Islay. It is a 1968 vintage, bottled with Aston ...

Nose: on the bright side with lots of fruity notes. Damsons, mirabelles, oranges and pink grapefruits. Precious woods with just a hint of eucalyptus and potpourri in the background, as well as ...

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 ...

The Gold Spot 13 Year Old is the newest addition to the Spot colour range. Matured in bourbon and sherry casks and finished in Valpolicella Riciotto casks for 16 months. In general there are far too ...

Of all French spirits, Calvados is the one I have least experience with. In short, it is an brandy made from distilled cider (up to 200 varieties of apples and pears are allowed). It can be distilled ...