Scotch Whiskey Reviews — Expert Ratings & Tasting Notes

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Glenfarclas 21 Year Old: The Sweet Spot of the Family-Owned Range — 100% Oloroso, Direct-Fired Stills

Sixth-generation Grant family-owned Speyside distillery. 100% Oloroso sherry casks, direct-fired stills. Considered the ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

9 Review

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Bruichladdich Black Art

Bruichladdich's secret masterwork — Adam Hannett's undisclosed cask recipe, twenty-plus years old, bottled at cask stren...

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Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Glenfiddich Malt Master's Edition Sherry Cask: Brian Kinsman's First Double Matured — Sherry Finished at 43% - Scotch Review

7 Review

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Glenfiddich Malt Master's Edition Sherry Cask: Brian Kinsman's First Double Matured — Sherry Finished at 43%

Released late 2012, named for sixth Malt Master Brian Kinsman — Glenfiddich's first double-matured expression. Initially...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Knockando 12 Year Old: J&B's Floral Speyside Backbone — Vintage-Dated Single Season at 43% - Scotch Review

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Knockando 12 Year Old: J&B's Floral Speyside Backbone — Vintage-Dated Single Season at 43%

Speyside single malt from Knockando distillery (founded 1898) on the River Spey. A key fruity-floral malt in the J&B Rar...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

7 Review

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Singleton of Glen Ord 12 Year Old: Diageo's Asia-Market Singleton — Taiwan's Bestselling Single Malt

Diageo launched The Singleton of Glen Ord in 2006 exclusively for selected Asian markets (chiefly Taiwan), where it beca...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

7 Review

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Glen Moray Classic: The £20 Speyside — One of the Best-Value Single Malts on UK Shelves

Glen Moray's entry-level Elgin Speyside — famously cheap and cheerful, often the gateway single malt for new drinkers. N...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Aberlour 10 Year Old Double Cask: Charlestown of Aberlour Entry Level — Sweet Speyside at £25 - Scotch Review

7 Review

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Aberlour 10 Year Old Double Cask: Charlestown of Aberlour Entry Level — Sweet Speyside at £25

Aberlour's entry-level — vatting of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, aged 10 years. From Charlestown of Aberlour on the S...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Bunnahabhain Toiteach A Dhà: 'The Smoky Two' — Peated Bunna at 46.3% with Heavy Sherry Influence - Scotch Review

8 Review

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Bunnahabhain Toiteach A Dhà: 'The Smoky Two' — Peated Bunna at 46.3% with Heavy Sherry Influence

Gaelic for 'The Smoky Two', successor to the original Toiteach (debuted 2008) — a peated expression from Islay's traditi...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Speyside Distillery Spey 12 Year Old: The Tiny Distillery Few Have Heard Of — Just Two Stills Near Drumguish - Scotch Review

7 Review

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Speyside Distillery Spey 12 Year Old: The Tiny Distillery Few Have Heard Of — Just Two Stills Near Drumguish

From the small Speyside Distillery near Drumguish/Kingussie — just two stills, founded 1990. Matured in ex-bourbon casks...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Talisker Skye: The Softer Side of the Island — NAS in Toasted American Oak at 45.8% - Scotch Review

7 Review

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Talisker Skye: The Softer Side of the Island — NAS in Toasted American Oak at 45.8%

NAS Island single malt launched 2015, named after the Isle of Skye where Talisker is the island's oldest distillery (183...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenfarclas 17 Year Old: The Sherry Bomb That Was a US Secret — Family-Owned 100% Oloroso at 43% - Scotch Review

8.5 Review

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Glenfarclas 17 Year Old: The Sherry Bomb That Was a US Secret — Family-Owned 100% Oloroso at 43%

Family-owned Glenfarclas (J&G Grant since 1865), matured exclusively in ex-Oloroso sherry casks. Originally a US/travel ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glen Garioch 12 Year Old: Scotland's Most Easterly Highland Malt — 1797 Heritage at a Robust 48% - Scotch Review

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Glen Garioch 12 Year Old: Scotland's Most Easterly Highland Malt — 1797 Heritage at a Robust 48%

Distilled at Oldmeldrum near Aberdeen since 1797 — one of Scotland's oldest operating distilleries and its most easterly...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026