For today’s bourbon-cask matured single malt review, today I check out the Glencadam 10 year old. Does this delicate dram live up to the love it gets from Whisky aficionados?
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As part of the advice for new drinkers I shared, I touched on how a new drinker like me should find what resonates with their taste before delving deeper into whisky. After my first few reviews I realised that, unfortunately for my budget, I like the range of expressions whisky…
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There is a load of whisky advice online nowadays. Getting into whisky as a new drinker should be easy, right? Not so fast buckaroo. I caught the whisky bug almost one year back and realised things are not always as simple as they might appear. Some info needs context, some…
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I started this series of reviews on Blended Whiskies by asking if they might be a better option to many popular entry-level Single Malts. In this post, I round up this brief exploration of Blends providing reasons for why the answer is a resounding yes. Why Blends The reason I…
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Today’s review is the Cutty Sark Prohibition, an affordable and popular blend owned by La Martiniquaise, France’s second-largest liquor brand and owners of Glen Moray. TL:DR: Not a dram I’d meditate over, but one I thoroughly enjoy. Vote*: 7 Very good stuff One of the advantages of writing these reviews…
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Today I continue my foray with something very different from anything I tried before. Forget categories and forget country of origin – if you want to try a whisky breaking away from conventions, look no further than the Woven Superblend I am reviewing today. TL:DR: Doesn’t get more “blended“ than…
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It would be pretty much impossible to talk and test the next generation of Scotch blends, without a review of Adelphi’s Maclean’s Nose. It is a blend which already has made waves in less than a year since its launch. In this short time-lapse it was a strong candidate for…
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Continuing my blended scotch intermission from Singe Malt, today I am reviewing the Thompson Bro.s TB/BSW. The TB/BSW certainly comes with a high reputation, having won the 2023 OSWAs as best Blended Whisky. Does it live up to the hype? And will I finally find a fairly priced impressive Sherry…
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This review of the Compass Box Artist blend is part of a series of posts where I will explore if the new wave of blended Scotch is a better entry-level option to many popular 40% & 43% beginner Single Malts. I was originally planning to focus mainly on Single Malt…
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Today I am wrapping up my first steps into peated single malt with a side-by-side quick snap comparison of the three peated entry-level whiskies I reviewed over the past week. I like having these quick side-by-side comparisons to help me fine-tune my opinion on what I tried. The side-by-side comparison…
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