Whiskey Reviews — Expert Ratings, Tasting Notes & Buying Advice

6675 reviews found

Tennessee Whiskey

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select

The hand-selected single barrel expression that proves Jack Daniel's can play in the premium league — rich, smooth, and ...

Buy £43.99 Review

Sienna Blackwell April 10, 2026

Glenfarclas 25 Year Old: Six Generations, 100% Oloroso — A Quarter Century of Independent Family Whisky-Making - Scotch Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Glenfarclas 25 Year Old: Six Generations, 100% Oloroso — A Quarter Century of Independent Family Whisky-Making

25 years exclusively in 100% Oloroso sherry casks from the Grant family — independent since 1865, six generations. No ch...

Buy £194.50 Review

Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Caol Ila 18 Year Old: The Mature Side of Islay's Workhorse — 18 Years Taming the Peat into Elegance - Scotch Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Caol Ila 18 Year Old: The Mature Side of Islay's Workhorse — 18 Years Taming the Peat into Elegance

18 years of maturation taming Caol Ila's phenols — creamy oak, fruit, and gentle smoke taking centre stage. From Islay's...

Buy £139.95 Review

Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Glenlivet Founder's Reserve: George Smith's 1824 Style Revisited — The Controversial NAS Replacement - Scotch Review

7 Review

Single Malt

Glenlivet Founder's Reserve: George Smith's 1824 Style Revisited — The Controversial NAS Replacement

Released 2014 to replace the Glenlivet 12 in certain markets — a controversial move. Matured in traditional oak and firs...

Buy £34.95 Review

Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Lagavulin Offerman Edition: Nick Offerman's Islay Collaboration — Ron Swanson's Real-Life Whisky at 46% - Scotch Review

8 Review

Single Malt

Lagavulin Offerman Edition: Nick Offerman's Islay Collaboration — Ron Swanson's Real-Life Whisky at 46%

The collaboration between Lagavulin and Nick Offerman — famous as Ron Swanson in Parks & Recreation. Multiple editions: ...

Buy £225.00 Review

Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Aberlour 16 Year Old Double Cask: Bourbon Sweetness Meets Sherry Richness — Speyside's Dual Personality at 40% - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Aberlour 16 Year Old Double Cask: Bourbon Sweetness Meets Sherry Richness — Speyside's Dual Personality at 40%

Double cask matured in ex-bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry butts. A step up from the 12, with noticeably more depth an...

Buy £99.50 Review

Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Arran 14 Year Old: The Sole Distillery on Arran — Bright, Fruity, Crowd-Pleasing Island Malt at 46% - Scotch Review

7.5 Review

Single Malt

Arran 14 Year Old: The Sole Distillery on Arran — Bright, Fruity, Crowd-Pleasing Island Malt at 46%

From the sole distillery on the Isle of Arran, established 1995. Non-chill filtered, natural colour, 46%. Matured in ex-...

Buy £199.00 Review

Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

7.5 Review

Blended Grain

Compass Box Hedonism: John Glaser's First Creation — The Blended Grain That Started a Revolution

John Glaser's debut release (2000) — the first-ever premium blended grain Scotch whisky. Blends grain whiskies from Came...

Buy £89.08 Review

Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Glengoyne 21 Year Old: 100% First-Fill Sherry, No Peat, Scotland's Slowest Stills — Double Gold SF 2018 - Scotch Review

8.5 Review

Single Malt

Glengoyne 21 Year Old: 100% First-Fill Sherry, No Peat, Scotland's Slowest Stills — Double Gold SF 2018

100% first-fill and refill European oak Oloroso sherry casks, completely unpeated, from Scotland's slowest stills. 21 ye...

Buy £174.93 Review

Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Hibiki Japanese Harmony: Suntory's Answer to the 12 Year Old Shortage — Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita in Balance - Japanese Review

7.5 Review

Blended Whisky

Hibiki Japanese Harmony: Suntory's Answer to the 12 Year Old Shortage — Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita in Balance

Launched 2015 to replace the discontinued Hibiki 12 due to stock shortages from surging global demand. A blend drawing f...

Buy £75.00 Review

Ash Carrington April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

Single Malt

Dalmore 18 Year Old

Dalmore at eighteen years — the cask programme fully realised in 30-year-old González Byass Matusalem oloroso, rich and ...

Buy £292.00 Review

Duncan Cairns April 10, 2026

Talisker 25 Year Old: A Quarter Century of Skye — Maritime Peat and Pepper at Its Most Refined - Scotch Review

9 Review

Single Malt

Talisker 25 Year Old: A Quarter Century of Skye — Maritime Peat and Pepper at Its Most Refined

A quarter century of maritime peat and pepper from Skye's only distillery. Part of Diageo's annual Special Releases and ...

Buy £699.00 Review

Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026