The Aberfeldy 12
Tasting notes: Aberfeldy, with its iconic red squirrel and auspicious Pictland pedigree, holds out exceptional promise. In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr the red squirrel [...]
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The Dalmore 12
Tasting notes: IsTheDalmore12Tasty.com Rating: –On the scale of single-serving websites— The Dalmore 12 is IsAbeVigodaDead.com— not nearly as exceptional as [...]
The Bowmore Darkest 15
Tasting notes: It’s always dangerous to read marketing materials before assaying the tasting of an expression, and in this case, my trepidation was [...]
The Isle of Jura 16
Tasting notes: Consider the Scardigan. It presents itself as a scarf like any other, but then it offers a pleasant surprise: three buttons and pockets like a waistcoat, [...]
Announcing the Inaugural Malty Award
What would a blog with tasting notes be without its own (perhaps even name-branded) award? Obviously, a blog with tasting notes that doesn’t have its own award. But [...]
The Oban 14
Tasting notes: Bottles are reflective, liquid is reflective, and people, under ideal conditions, are also reflective. People who are holding bottles and drinking liquid [...]
The Cragganmore 12
Tasting notes: On the nose, this malt offers aromas of rotting magnolia blossoms with a substratum of festering dead crab. This is not to say, however, that this malt [...]
The Speyside 10
Tasting notes: Some criticize this distillery for naming itself and one of its expressions after an entire region in Scotland. But when you consider its [...]
The Penderyn Single Malt Welsh Whisky
Tasting notes: As a rule, you shouldn’t look a gift horse–or in this case, a gift mule–in the mouth. But what if that mule has been eating sushi? [...]
The The Macallan 12*
Tasting notes: The mixing of peat and sherry in this expression is like a granite gothic gargoyle bathed in misty moonlight looming over a shadowed formal garden. [...]
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