Decadent Drams ‘Old Style Sherrywood Malt Whisky’ Blended Malt 23 yo‘Guaranteed 23 Years Old’ (Filled 2001 – bottled 2024)Sherrywood587 bottles45.1% abv Damn. Old school. Like… ‘one-room schoolhouse’ old school. This is cherry brandy run through a coal miner’s work shirt; a 1930s train engine mechanic’s Pall Mall extinguished in a wedge of black forest cake; […]
Scallywag The Chocolate Edition 2023 is the sixth bottling in The Chocolate Edition series from the independent bottling and blending company of Douglas Laing & Co. For this special bottling only whiskies that have been matured in ex-Oloroso or ex…
The Highland distillery of Loch Lomond has announced the release of a new range of blended malts named Noble Rebel. The new range is designed to ‘push boundaries in the pursuit of flavour’ and consists of three expressions – Orchard Outburst, Smoke Sy…
The Bimber distillery and independent whisky maker Compass Box, which are both based in west London, have joined forces to launch two collaborative whiskies – Bimber Duality and Compass Box Duality. Both are blended malts and feature whiskies sourced …
Highland distillery Loch Lomond has released a blended malt whisky brand which they are calling Noble Rebel – which will, in turn, have a trio of flavors: Hazelnut Harmony, Orchard Outburst and Smoke Symphony and Hazelnut Harmony – each with no-age-statement and bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof]. Loch Lomond Noble Rebel Orchard […]
Oh great, another overpriced CB release that only, wait-what, the Compass Box Orchard House is an affordable new core release? Color me tickled. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a massive Compass Box fan, but as my good friend Bozzy pointed out, there has been an advancing trend of ultra-premium releases that few can get their […]
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Long, sweet and smoky and medicinal and meaty.
Overall Another superb blended malt from J.G. Thomson redolent of classic Islay notes, smoke, phenols, meaty, coastal and sherried to boot. 85/100
A superb festive expression, full of the flavours of Christmas or in other words a bit of a well-balanced sherry bomb. 85/100
A sweet blended malt with plenty of fruit and also quite defined oak cask influence. 83/100
These three whiskies form part of the core range of spirits from J & G Thomson & Co. – an experimental new Scottish bottling company based out of Edinburgh. Their goal is to bring characterful spirits from high quality casks to a wider audience…
