WhiskyCritic recently had the occasion [St. Patrick’s Day] and opportunity to imbibe a sampling of Dalmore 12-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky and the experience should be the template for any whisky newbie who is giving single malt Scotch whisky their first post-college try. The popular choice for the day was, of course, Jameson or Bushmills […]
Whether you remember the Flying Scotsman from your Thomas the Tank Engine set as a kid [or for your kids] or from actual experience of seeing it in person does not matter to Speyside Distillery, which has produced a special edition whisky to mark the return of the iconic Flying Scotsman steam locomotive to the […]
If it sounds like music to your ears, then you are in luck because it is becoming available. Lagavulin 8-Year-Old, an Islay single malt Scotch whisky, is aged exclusively in refill American oak casks, bottled at 48% alcohol content [96 proof] and is said to have tasting notes of charred, minty, dark chocolate, and sweet […]
anCnoc has released a limited edition Highland single malt Scotch whisky they are calling Blas – which is translated as ‘taste’ in Gaelic. Blas was matured in American oak barrels as well as Spanish oak butts before it was bottled at 54% alcohol content [108 proof] and is said to have notes of bitter chocolate, […]
The Glasgow Distillery has released their Prometheus 27-Year-Old single malt Scotch whisky. Prometheus has been bottled at 47% alcohol content [94 proof]. After a tour that will take it to Munich, Hong Kong and Las Vegas, Prometheus 27-Year-Old will be available for $800 per bottle beginning in Summer 2016.
It is the newest single malt Scotch whisky release from Speyside distillery, Longmorn. The whisky been spent time maturing in three casks – American oak, casks formerly holding Oloroso sherry and traditional oak – and was bottled at 40% alcohol content [80 proof]. Longmorn’s The Distiller’s Choice has strong caramel and toffee notes. Longmorn’s The […]
Tomintoul has launched a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky from whisky distilled in four American oak casks from 1974. Tomintoul 40-Year-Old was bottled at cask strength of 43.1% alcohol content [86.2 proof]. Only 500 bottles of Tomintoul 40-Year-Old will be available in Europe, Asia and other selected markets for $3,750 per bottle.
Time [and Gordon and MacPhail] has awakened the Benromach Distillery and produced a rare 35-year-old Speyside single malt Scotch whisky. In a distillery established in 1898 but closed since 1983, G&M purchased it in 1993, modernized it, then re-opened it. But the whisky being released today comes from 1983, specifically, from casks which had been […]