Mackmyra Reserve 3 Year Old

Mackmyra Reserve 3 Year Old

As regular readers of my little blog may remember, I have family in Sweden and as such I tend to visit at least once a year. Heck, we’re such good friends by now, you and I, that I suppose I may as well reveal that it is my dear parents who have moved here –… [Continue Reading]

Old Pulteney 21 y.o. – 2012 whisky of the year in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible

Old Pulteney 21

Received this press-release that I thought was worth sharing with you. I’ve yet to try the 21 year old expression (I suspect it might be hard to come by these days though), but I found the 12 y.o. very interesting. Old Pulteney 21 Year Old scored a record-equalling 97.5/100 points and secured the World Whisky… [Continue Reading]

Dallas Dhu 1976 28 Year Old

Dallas Dhu 1976 28 Year Old

Dallas Dhu – it’s one of those names that you hear and go “hm, yeah.. I think I have had that, actually… a while back” but as soon as the words leave your confused tongue you know them to be untrue – too late to turn back now, though: “pretty decent, I seem to remember,… [Continue Reading]

Opinion piece – whisky 100 points system

scorecard

The whisky review scene is regularly abuzz with discussions on the value of the classic 100-point rating system which is so widely used amongst whisky reviewers. Should you wish to catch up on the debate, the best place to go would probably be the relatively recent ‘round table’ discussion over at the Jewish Single Malt… [Continue Reading]