Review of the T.D.L. 2003 rum released for Salon du Rhum in 2024. It is a Trinidad rum bottled by Swell de Spirits in the 'On ...

Review of 7 single malt whiskies from Dongwei distillery in China. We try 2014, 2016 and 2017 spirit from this small craft ...

Review of Ambir, Embra and Pitch: three single malt whiskies from distillery in Edinburgh. Experiments with yeasts, malts and ...

Review of the Ben Nevis 1996, a 28 year old whisky bottled by Douglas Laing in the Xtra Old Particular (XOP) series, ...

Nose: syrupy fruits, like red plums, dried apricots and raisins. Some caramel sweetness underneath, with stewed pears and blood orange. Then a darker side of milk chocolate and cherry jam indeed – a ...

Nose: peated lemonade. There’s thick, muddy peat, forest floor and dried grass, but also clear lemony notes and lemongrass. It’s slightly feinty and bulky, with a whiff of asparagus, yet it also ...

Nose: very aromatic and elegant. Indeed, much like the 1985 this shows a lot of furniture polish, light tobacco and fragrant jasmine, along with lots of juicy fruits. Nectarines and white peaches, ...

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 ...

Holyrood Ambir (49,8%, OB 2024, bourbon + Oloroso casks) ...