Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2009
A FARMER'S BREAKFAST WITHOUT THE BACON - Score: 6/10 When Bruichladdich reopened in 2001, its new owners set out to prove that terroir matters in whisky as much as in…
Balvenie 10 years – Founder’s Reserve (1980’s)
AN IMPROMPTU BRUNCH – Score: 7.5/10 While rummaging through my collection of over six thousand bottles, I came across this unusually shaped bottle from the Balvenie distillery—a format more common…
Linkwood 2008 13 years
THE FALL OF A TIGHTROPE WALKER - Score: 5.5/10 Linkwood has always been, for me, a distillery producing an honest and pleasant whisky; in any case, my tastings of Linkwood…