Blended Malt 19 2001 Thompson Bros

The idea of a blended whisky makes sense: Blend multiple differently made whiskies together, make something better. We do that with food: You don’t see someone mainlining mayonnaise and demanding it to be drunk purely because it’s better. Granted I haven’t been to the US in half a decade, so maybe that’s happening down there. […]

Millburn 20 1982 The Bottlers [1,600th Scotch Review]

Huh, 1,600 reviews really just happened, didn’t they? There’s a question I typically get, which is… do you have anything left to review? Which from a layman’s perspective is a legitimate question, right? They see maybe 50 or 60 Scotches in their life when they accidentally walk into a specialty store. From a whisky nerds […]

Lot 40 18 Cask Strength

Thanks to blaw84 for the sample. Thank you @primetimedinner on Twitter for the image, if you’d prefer I don’t use it, please message me. Canada: That place you used to think was Northern US Shangri-la, and then we ended up with Trump if he was racist Millhouse. Guess that’s what happens when you genocide a whole […]

Bunnahabhain 15 2004 Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask

Thanks to my buddies for this dram. So we’re at the end. And I’m both happy and sad. Sad because I seem to be out of Bunnahabhain to review until one kicks it all off again. Speaking of which: Bunnahabhain 16 2004 Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask is what kicked off this particular set. I was […]

Bunnahabhain 9 2010 Mòine Feis Ile 2020

So I found the great and epic Bunnahabhain releases. Which brings me up to 50+ something Bunnahabhains. However I did miss a specific group during this particular review extravaganza: More peated Bunnahabhain. Bunnahabhain is typically unpeated. There’s a bit of peat in there, however in post from 4 years ago they stated the small amount of […]

Bunnahabhain Port Askaig 45 1968

Years ago someone did a group of reviews on Bunnahabhain. In it, the person reviewing mentioned that the 1960s were a golden era for the distillery, pumping out the top of the whiskies from the distillery, bar none. Now this isn’t a crazy idea: I can attest to the amazing whiskies that people speak of […]

Bunnahabhain 44 Single Malts of Scotland Director’s Special

So we’re done now, right? All old Bunnahabhain have yet again been tasted and then gone to an ignoble burial somewhere in my liver and potentially in a fat reserve near my right love handle? No. We’re never done. Wait, no, that’s too fatalistic. We’re nearly done. That’s more factual and doesn’t have the same […]

Bunnahabhain 43 1975 Single Malts of Scotland Director’s Special

So at this point I’ve had two 40+ year-old Bunnahabhain and wow, I’ve been biassed: Only from Signatory? Really? Not really cool TOM, not really cool at all. We thought better of you, you early-aughts edgy humour drunk. And as such, we’re moving onto Bunnahabhain 43 1975 Single Malts of Scotland Director’s Special. Many of you […]

Bunnahabhain 42 1973 Signatory Vintage Rare Reserve – Cask Strength Collection

So we’re into the 40-year-old Bunnahbahains, and for those of you who are just showing up, I’ve been reviewing Bunnahabhain whiskies attempting to find a “great” one. I found it, it was the last one. That mean we’re stopping? I mean, I could, but where’s the fun in that? So if the last one was […]

Bunnahabhain 40 1978 Signatory Vintage 30th Anniversary

So we haven’t found a great Bunnahabhain yet. The closest I’ve had was years ago when I found a 37-year-old one, and even then it was on the cusp between “very good” and “great.” What does that mean? It means it’s time to amp ourselves up another level. Human’s like sets of 10: A bunch […]