Reviews by: MP

This review refers to a 60.6% strength, batch 26. Strong on the sherry, and absolutely delicious, slightly sweet, just "melts" on your tongue. An excellent strong, flavourful and smooth whisky. I suggest drinking it neat at 60%, diluting this whisky does not do many favours, some of the aromas are just not as appealing after a dash of water. For the pipesmokers, I felt this whisky went very well with a pipeful of Samuel Gawith's Brown no.4 rope tobacco.

Although a very good whisky, this one was a bit of a disappoint - I found it too bitter on the palate, however, I did enjoy the aroma. Overall quite well balanced.

This one is very good, my first tasting was just after a taste of blue label - so it actually tasted quite good. However, the second tasting was on a clean palate, and I have to say the smoky taste reminds me of Laphroaig - however the iodine is not as strong. This is a really good single malt - it's very well balanced, and has a nice sweet touch to it. Great value too! I'm tempted to give it a score in the 90's, but I think 89 will do.

A very good whisky, well balanced and sweet from first sip to the end.

This is a great Whisky, very very peaty, and extra smooth down the throat, yet, it still offers many variations on taste. At first it may taste a little bitter, yet, leaving it on the palate a little longer gives a very light, refreshing sweetness. This Islay does not disappoint, if you're akin to Laphroaig, this is a couple steps up on the peat-factor!

This whisky is excellent, very smooth, and great with portwood finish, hint of sweetness, but the Doublewood 12 years is slightly better - tastier and gives a wider variety of floral scents.

This one needs water, once added you have a pleasant toffee scent, honey and fruits. A slight liquorice taste. Quite sweet, well balanced. This one is fantastic, and felt better than the 21 year old Portwood. I'm very impressed with this whisky, it's one of the best!

What a nice whisky - this is a great daily drinker. Easy drinking, smooth but still strong enough to give a desireable kick in the throat when consumed.

It seems like a very heavy whisky, sweet and smooth, and rather good with a few drops of water (as I drank it on the second tasting). Without the drops of water, this would be a 75. But this is delicious and easily an 85.

Boring whisky - worse than anything I've tried yet. Lacks character and balance. The only thing that this whisky has going for it is the floral notes when one sniffs at it for the first time. I would rather have a blended whisky for 1/2 the price. EDIT: This is actually quite a nice whisky ... I prematurely gave it a 51. But after comparing it side by side to Glenlivet 12 and Glenfiddich 12 ... it seems a better whisky ... perhaps by a very fine line. The floral aroma dominates this whisky, yet the taste seems balanced, but not interesting.

Fruity, Oak, Sweet and Floral. This is a perfectly balanced whisky in my opinion. Great to sniff and smooth and oily to drink.

This bottling is 47% abv. Although this is a smooth whisky, I don't see it as a everyday drink - for that I would choose the Glenlivet 12 which is lighter and more fruity. Those who like Bourbon may enjoy this 16 year old bottling, as the bourbon casks used really show through when tasting.

This is an amazing Bourbon, and well worth the price. The flavours are very well balanced, and interesting everytime!

A friend offered this whisky for me to try, he keeps it as his daily stuff. But I found it too light, although fruity, smoother than some, but a real burning sensation. It wasn't much to drink, kind of felt like I was drinking water even though I hadn't even started adding water in at all. This is probably one of the worst whisky's I've had. It isn't worth trying, yet it doesn't taste awful. Advice: just stick to water instead!

One of the best i've had. Goes down extremely smooth, lacks the long finish, however, very cooling, and rarely hot. Well worth the price of $90/bottle. Floral and fruity are the definitive characteristics of this whisky.

This is a very sweet Whisky in my opinion, probably best saved for ladies. I think the price is a bit high for what you get --- smooth, but too sweet for a good taste of peat. UPDATE 2/28/2008: Tried a different run of this stuff, It's light, strong without water. It has a long finish, but isn't too interesting. Nose of iodine and some floral tones. Like fresh honey. Rating is still 77.

This is a very smooth whisky, but not fruity. It lacks finish, I was impressed by the smoothness, but quite disappointed at how much it had cost ~ $100 USD. It is worth trying for its smoothness and oak tones. I would still rate it highly.

very mellow in comparison to other whiskey's. I keep trying it again, and letting it air out helps to change the flavours. Sometimes it can be very mellow, and other times it lasts for a long time. The reason I tried this scotch - it was the cheapest on the shelf.