The Whisky Viking

Review #51 (2015) I´ve tasted this some years ago, and then I wasn’t too happy about it. But that was before and my taste has changed, so I was a…

Review #640 (2018) This is a 1974 vintage from Gordon & MacPhail’s “Connoisseurs Choice” series. Light and fruity in the smell. Yet in packs some flavours. Crisp apples and sweet…

Review #641 (2018) This is from the series Rarest of the Rare from Duncan Taylor. It is a historic collection of cask strength single cask whiskies from distilleries which no…

Review #722 This is the cask strength version of the Rye from FEW, produced in Evanston, Illinois. For a whisky above 60%, I ain’t getting much in the smell to…

Review #861 (2021) The Scottish distilleries don’t use it anymore, but Balcones have made this single malt from the classic Golden Promise barley. Over ripe plums (a bit too ripe!)…

Review #860 (2021) This is made purely from pot stills and is a straight Bourbon whisky. Even though it is 46%, it is quite mild on the nose. Corn, white…

Review #859 (2021) This Texan corn whisky, is made from roasted blue corn. Vanilla and a lot of citrusy notes in the smell. It is not hiding its youthfulness… A…

Review #603 (2018) This whisky is named ”Seriously Scrumptious”. It states on the bottle it is from a Virgin Oak Hogshead, but on the text on the bottle, it also…

Review #706 (2018) This is from a first fill ex-Bourbon barrel – or two to be precise – with the cask numbers 808846 & 808851. Only 552 bottles were made.…

Review #138 (2015) This 11 year old is from 2 vintages. 1999 and 2000. I saw this by a coincidence in Drum Bar in Malmö (Sweden). The smell is very…