Which whiskies in review provide the greatest service to the whisky-loving reader? The most precious, rare, and expensive ones? The least expensive most affordable ones? The most widespread common rel…

The reviewed bottle has been open for 7 weeks and is 60% full. Thomas H Handy Sazerac Rye is part of the annual Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, released each year in the northern hemisphere fall.…

A reviewer needs to be honest, even when that means attesting to an experience at variance with those of others. As an Apostle of the message of the large degree of batch variation present in many whi…

The reviewed bottle is owned by @Maddie, is 95% full, and has been open for 3 years-- yeah, my sister has a lot of bottles of whisky open in her house. Deanston Virgin Oak has no age statement and is not…

Macallan 12 yo Sherry Oak is matured exclusively in former Sherry casks. My thanks to @Maddie, who owns the reviewed bottle. The reviewed bottle is 60% full and has been open for at least one yearNose…

The reviewed bottle of Tomatin 18 yo is owned by @Maddie, has been open for 3 years, and is 95% full. Tomatin 18 yo was finished in Oloroso sherry buttsNose: fragrant high-pitched grapey-cum-flowery…

John Lawrence Sullivan was an Irish-American pugilist who was a champion of bare-knuckled boxing and of the newer gloved boxing, in the years from 1879 to 1892. His boxing match record was 40 wins, 1…

I thank @numen for the reviewed sampleThe Willett Distillery, which had been founded in the 1930s, closed in the mid-1980s and remained closed until 2012. Beginning in January 2012 the new Willett Dis…

I thank @cpstecroix for the reviewed sample. This is a review of the standard distillery bottlingNose: medium intensity cereal-style barley-malt, very noticeable brine, some peat and smoke, but not a lot…

I thank @Nozinan for the reviewed sample. The bottle was opened one year ago, and the sample was tightly packaged 4 1/2 months after the bottle was opened. SMWS 121.76 is 12 years old and bottled at Cask…