The Whisky Viking

Review #912 (2022) Strata is a reference to the rocks Islay stands on. Complex and layered, as this whisky, which is matured in Bourbon and Sherry casks. Mellow peat on…

Review #911 A Blended Malt from Old Perth, with no added colour and non-chill filtered. It’s a mix of single malt whiskies from distilleries in the Glenlivet region in Speyside,…

Review #723 (2018) This is a single cask from the Entomology Series. It has matured in an ex-Bourbon barrel. Dessert bomb in the smell. Vanilla, caramel and apple pie. Do…

Review #522 (2017) From Douglas Laing comes this refill hogshead with the cask number DL11061. Only 224 bottles were made. Light white fruits towards the exotics in the smell. Sweet…

Review #285 (2016) This is bottled in 2014 and is matured in American oak barrels. First in the smell I get some sweet vanilla and some honey just to make…

Review #846 (2021) This is an unpeated Ardnamurchan single cask, from a Spanish oak Sherry Butt, with the cask number 440. 693 bottles were made. Some dry, dried fruit sweetness…

Review #690 (2018) This is Chapter III in the series and is called “The Fiendish Finale”. It consists of 21 casks – 8 sherry casks, 8 French oak barriques and…

Review #689 (2018) This is Chapter II in the series and is called “Angels & Devils”. It consists of 27 casks distilled between 1997 and 2004. 17 sherry casks, 6…

Review #688 (2018) This is Chapter I in the series and it consists of 24 casks of whisky distilled between 1996 and 2006. 3 Sherry butts from, 6 Bourbon barrels…

Review #910 (2022) In this series, the expressions will only have matured in one style of cask. In this expression, we are having a look at ex-peated quarter casks (Laphroaig?)…