By Douglas Fraser Grade: B+ Smokehead Islay Single Malt Whisky is pure Islay whisky at its smokiest, with High Voltage as the cask strength version of the standard Smokehead. The whisky is sourced by Ian Macleod Distillers from an unnamed Islay distillery, and as a single malt, we know the source is just one distillery from that island. The Scotch ...
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Waterford Peated Fenniscourt Irish Single Malt Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B To a large extent, Waterford Irish Whiskey represents an entrepreneur taking his past experience in Scotland and carrying it over into a new venture in Ireland. Mark Reynier bought a shuttered Islay distillery, Bruichladdich, in 2000, and in so doing he confronted a problem that was novel at the time. The distillery had only been ...
Read More »Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series 12 Tennessee Whiskey Review
By Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox Rating: B With the rise of craft whiskey distillers offering consumers more varied options then ever before the producers over at Jack Daniel’s have taken notice. In recent years they have been producing one off experimental releases (originally known as Tennessee Taster’s Selection now changed to Distillery Series) to showcase the versatility of their distillery. They’ve even ...
Read More »Distillery Gem Glen Moray 15 Year Old Scotch Review
By Alex Southgate Rating: B In the whiskey world you hear certain names and can’t help but hope for good things. This is very much the case when it comes to Glen Moray, perhaps one of the better known Speyside distilleries. We’ll be diving into one of their 15 year old offerings today and I have to say I’m rather ...
Read More »Bruichladdich Black Arts 11.1 Scotch Review (2023)
Updated March 3, 2024 By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Bruichladdich (pronounced “bru-kla-dee”) is one of the distilleries that bucks against the popular image of Islay, the island of peat, or at least they do with one foot. They are one of the whisky-makers on the island that doesn’t do nothing but peated whisky, but that isn’t to say they have ...
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