Japanese whisky. It’s lovely and It used to cost a lot less. I have this one from when it was bottled in 2013. Don’t remember […]
SMWS 132.4 Karuizawa 1996 {Rich, brooding and suggestive}
Category: SMWS
SMWS 48.56 ‘Popcorn in a sauna’ 13 yo Balmenach
Yet Another SMWS sample I found myself sharing with some whisky friends (Thanks Ben, I think). Like F.Gump once said : A SMWS is like […]
SMWS 37.65, ‘Bursting with interest and imaginings’, Cragganmore, 29 years old
There are some whiskies you know are going to be excellent just from a wee sniff of the bottle (or the sample bottle, as I’ve […]
SMWS 29.161 – A bodega is burning [Laphraoig]14 yo
Cool wintery nights are THE time for some cracking peated malts, and this SMWS Laphraoig is a good example as any.Another expression released not long […]
An ex-bourbon cask Glenfarclas? yes! –SMWS 1.194 Attractive, rounded and comforting, 16 yo
A bourbon cask Glenfarclas? Blasphemy! some would shout, and indeed there are not that many cask GFs bottled from an ex-bourbon. Indeed, Glranfarclas is synonomous […]
SMWS 27.109 Guns on the grouse moor [Springbank] 16 yo
Dirty Whisky can be wonderful if you enjoy that thing, dirty sherry especially, and whenever I come across such a cask, which displays enough dirtiness, […]
Review–SMWS 26.98 Lively as an electric acrobat–Clynelish 10 yo
Time for some more SMWS , this time with a 10 year old Clynelish with this very nice name (we’re used to those from the […]
A rocking chair dram – SMWS 9.80 [Glen Grant] 20 yo Sauternes Cask
Time for a few SMWS bottlings I tasted recently from the last year or so, and the first one is a delicious ultra sweet whisky […]
SMWS 73.55 apples and pears [Aultmore 21]–A funky weird dram…
Our noses and Palates are very different, that’s given. Some people love certain whiskies other people can not appreciate and vise versa, and this single […]
SMWS 127.39 ‘Intensely Tasty’ (Port Charlotte 11 year old)
Not long ago I reviewed two other SMWS PCs – 127.37 ‘Dinosaurs dancing to Stravinsky (which was EPIC) and 127.40 – Mango chicken vindaloo, which […]