Whiskey Reviews — Expert Ratings, Tasting Notes & Buying Advice

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Single Malt

Glenlivet 50 Year Old / The Twelve Elements - Cooper Speyside Whisky

The Glenlivet 50 Year Old Cooper, part of The Twelve Elements series, is a remarkable feat of cask management — fifty ye...

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Duncan Cairns December 17, 2025

8.3 Review

Islay

Ardbeg Rollercoaster / Bot.2009 / Committee Bottling Islay Whisky

A cask-strength Committee-exclusive bottling that charts Ardbeg's own rollercoaster history in a single vatting — comple...

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Joe Whitfield December 17, 2025

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Glenfarclas 1954 / 62 Year Old / Pagoda Ruby Reserve Gold Speyside Whisky

A 1954-vintage Glenfarclas bottled at a remarkable 44.8% after sixty-two years in cask — a testament to Speyside's fines...

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Duncan Cairns December 17, 2025

7.6 Review

Blended Malt

Sutherland 5 Year Old Blended Whisky / 2026 Release / Thompson Bros Blended Whisky

Thompson Bros' Sutherland 5 Year Old is a confident young blended malt bottled at a punchy 48.5% ABV — malt-forward, hon...

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Duncan Cairns December 17, 2025

7.7 Review

Single Malt

Lp12 - Elements of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Lp12 from Elements of Islay delivers cask-strength Islay single malt at 54.7% with full transparency — no chill filtrati...

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Duncan Cairns December 17, 2025

8 Review

Tennessee

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye Tennessee Rye Whiskey

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye is a genuinely compelling Tennessee rye at 45% ABV — charcoal-mellowed rye grain with re...

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Joe Whitfield December 17, 2025

7.7 Review

Blended Malt

MacNair's 12 Year Old Lum Reek Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

MacNair's 12 Year Old Lum Reek is a peated blended malt that delivers genuine smoke-and-sweetness character at a price t...

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Duncan Cairns December 17, 2025

7.6 Review

Bourbon

Barrell Bourbon Batch 036

Barrell Bourbon Batch 036 is a cask strength blend bottled at a punchy 57.2% ABV with no chill filtration. A well-constr...

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Joe Whitfield December 17, 2025

8.1 Review

Islay

Port Ellen 1982 / 30 Year Old / Old & Rare Platinum Islay Whisky

A 30-year-old cask strength Port Ellen from the Old & Rare Platinum series — a powerful, finite piece of Islay history f...

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Joe Whitfield December 17, 2025

7.7 Review

Bourbon

Jeptha Creed Straight Four Grain Bourbon

Jeptha Creed's four grain mashbill delivers a genuinely different bourbon experience — layered, well-structured, and bot...

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Joe Whitfield December 17, 2025

8.3 Review

Single Malt

Glendronach 1993 / 26 Year Old / Sherry Cask / Exclusive to The Whisky Exchange Highland Whisky

A 26-year-old sherry-cask Glendronach bottled exclusively for The Whisky Exchange at cask strength — a serious Highland ...

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Duncan Cairns December 17, 2025

8.2 Review

Single Malt

Highland Park 25 Year Old Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Highland Park 25 Year Old is a cask strength Island single malt that commands attention. At 53.5% ABV and twenty-five ye...

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Duncan Cairns December 17, 2025