I am starting to write this intro to my fourth take on new distilleries, and I realise I have not moved away from the Lowlands yet. Now, my attitude to… Read More »New Malts on the Block: Lochlea Fallow Review
I continue my exploration of new distilleries with The Glasgow Distillery. I have three of their Glasgow 1770 Small Batch Series in review today: the 2024 Unepeated Tokaji finish, the 2023 “Unpeated” Manzanilla cask Finish and 2022’s Red Wine Peated and Ruby Port triple distilled vatting.
With so many new distilleries releasing their products on the market, it is time to dedicate my next reviews to the New Malts on the Block, starting today with my review of the Clydeside Distillery Napier, a 6 year old Lowlands single malt fully aged in Oloroso Sherry Casks
Today’s post and review of Campbeltown Loch concludes my series exploring Blended Malts with what many consider one of the best blends available. It is also an opportunity to reflect on transparency of information in whisky and ask if we should expect more from Springbank.
As I get close to the end of my look at Blended Malts, I am closing my mini-series on peated blended malts. After Douglas Laing’s Big Peat and Compass Box the Peat Moster, I review the Elements of Islay Cask Edit.
Another Blended Malt review today, with one of the most famous peated options: Compass Box The Peat Monster. This blend has had a few iterations through that time. It’s one of the first Compass Box I tried about 15 years back. How much has it changed?
With today’s review of the Big Peat, I am closing the mini-series of reviews dedicated to Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Malts and starting one on Peated Blended Malts. The two previous reviews from the Remarkable Regional Malts, didn’t manage to represent the character of their respective regions. Will this be a lucky third time?
Continuing my series on Blended Malts, today I look at another of Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Malts. It’s time to review the Scallywag 10-year-old. This Speyside blend, aged exclusively in Oloroso and PX Sherry casks, is inspired by the Laing family’s Fox Terriers, as the not-so-subtle hints on the label give away.
After a couple of whisky geek blended malts favourites, SRV5 and Orchard House, it’s time to continue exploring this category with a few reviews of one of the most ubiquitous brands in this space: Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Mark. Starting today with a review of the Timorous Beastie 10-year-old.
After the Thompson Bro.s SRV5, today I review another fruit-forward blended malt, Compass Box Orchard House. A whisky geek favourite, this Clyneliesh and Linkwood heavy blend won an OSWA in 2022. That bodes well for another great quality/price ratio.