Scotch Whiskey Reviews — Expert Ratings & Tasting Notes

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Caol Ila 25 Year Old: JW's Workhorse Aged to Sophistication — Quarter Century of Islay Peat at 43%

Premium aged Islay from Diageo's coastal workhorse distillery, long known as the backbone of Johnnie Walker blends. Long...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Tobermory 18 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish: Mull's Aged Sherry Influence at 46.3% - Scotch Review

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Tobermory 18 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish: Mull's Aged Sherry Influence at 46.3%

Unpeated Island single malt from Tobermory Distillery (founded 1798) on the Isle of Mull. Matured in ex-bourbon then fin...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Tomintoul 25 Year Old: The Gentle Dram Aged a Quarter Century — Premium Speyside at 43% - Scotch Review

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Tomintoul 25 Year Old: The Gentle Dram Aged a Quarter Century — Premium Speyside at 43%

Premium Speyside from Tomintoul Distillery (founded 1964, highest Speyside distillery at the time). Branded 'The Gentle ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glen Scotia 25 Year Old: Best in Show San Francisco 2021 — Campbeltown's World-Class Coastal Aged Malt - Scotch Review

9.5 Review

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Glen Scotia 25 Year Old: Best in Show San Francisco 2021 — Campbeltown's World-Class Coastal Aged Malt

Premium aged Campbeltown single malt from Glen Scotia, one of only three surviving distilleries in what was once 'The Wh...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Tobermory 23 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish: Hebridean Series Expression 1 — Mull's Aged Sherry at 46.3% - Scotch Review

8.5 Review

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Tobermory 23 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish: Hebridean Series Expression 1 — Mull's Aged Sherry at 46.3%

Hebridean Series Expression 1, themed on Tobermory Harbour. Originally the 15-year-old, given 8 additional years finishi...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Talisker Surge: Travel Retail Skye — Ex-Bourbon Only, Pepper-Forward Maritime at 45.8% - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

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Talisker Surge: Travel Retail Skye — Ex-Bourbon Only, Pepper-Forward Maritime at 45.8%

NAS Skye single malt, originally a 2022 travel-retail exclusive then added as a Talisker core range release. Matured exc...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenburgie 10 Year Old: Ballantine's Hidden Speyside — Gordon & MacPhail Independent Bottling at 40% - Scotch Review

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Glenburgie 10 Year Old: Ballantine's Hidden Speyside — Gordon & MacPhail Independent Bottling at 40%

Glenburgie is a key fingerprint malt in the Ballantine's blend, a quiet Speyside distillery near Forres. The 10yo indepe...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenturret 15 Year Old: Bob Dalgarno's Lalique-Era Flagship — American and European Oak Marriage at 46% - Scotch Review

8.5 Review

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Glenturret 15 Year Old: Bob Dalgarno's Lalique-Era Flagship — American and European Oak Marriage at 46%

Flagship age-stated bottling from Scotland's oldest working distillery, near Crieff. Rebooted under Lalique ownership wi...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Ardbeg Perpetuum: 200th Anniversary Vatting — Past, Present and Future of Islay's Peat at 47.4% - Scotch Review

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Ardbeg Perpetuum: 200th Anniversary Vatting — Past, Present and Future of Islay's Peat at 47.4%

Released for Fèis Ìle 2015 to mark Ardbeg's 200th anniversary (1815-2015). Created by Dr Bill Lumsden as a vatting of yo...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Tomatin Cask Strength: 1,028ft in the Monadhliath — Bourbon and Sherry at 57.5% NCF - Scotch Review

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Tomatin Cask Strength: 1,028ft in the Monadhliath — Bourbon and Sherry at 57.5% NCF

Tomatin's first cask strength core-range release (2015). Marriage of ex-bourbon and ex-Oloroso sherry casks. Non-chill f...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Strathisla 12 Year Old: Highland's Oldest Continuously Operating Distillery — The Heart of Chivas Regal at 40% - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

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Strathisla 12 Year Old: Highland's Oldest Continuously Operating Distillery — The Heart of Chivas Regal at 40%

Strathisla (Keith, founded 1786) is the oldest continuously operating distillery in the Highlands and the spiritual home...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Mortlach 20 Year Old Cowie's Blue Seal: George Cowie's Engineering Legacy — 2.81x Distillation Aged 20 - Scotch Review

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Mortlach 20 Year Old Cowie's Blue Seal: George Cowie's Engineering Legacy — 2.81x Distillation Aged 20

Named after George Cowie, the engineer who took Mortlach from obscurity and signed bottles in blue ink to authenticate t...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026