jon beach

2 min read 2021-10-05 14:03:08

Chichibu ‘The Peated’ 2012-2016, 54.5% – Ichiro’s Malt

It’s not often that I get to taste Japanese whisky that actually makes sense. That’s quite a bold statement, but my case is this: A lot of

1 min read 2021-09-30 13:44:08

The always interesting, but also weird Glenrothes. Why weird? Because in general they make awesome whisky, but they tend to not bottle it themselves.

1 min read 2021-09-08 14:14:45

Longest. Title. Ever. Anyway, this sherry’d Highland Park sits in my collection, waiting for a moment to be opened. When at Maltstock in 2018, it

1 min read 2021-04-08 16:37:48

Image from Whiskybase Macallan is one of those distilleries that have spent ages getting their reputation to a stellar level. Age was important,

2 min read 2021-03-31 20:14:19

By now the Rare Malts Selection is quickly becoming the stuff of legend. It’s not even that all of them are stellar whiskies, but enough of them

1 min read 2021-03-09 17:00:20

I tried this whisky on two different occasions. Once at Fiddler’s in 2019, and recently when it also popped out of the Advent Calendar I’ve been

1 min read 2021-03-05 16:59:15

Speyburn, one of those distilleries that does things more or less the same as they did it when the distillery opened. At least, that’s the way

1 min read 2021-02-17 14:24:34

A bottle of Millburn was my first ‘expensive’ whisky, years ago. It unfortunately set a precedent and things have been going in every which way

1 min read 2021-02-11 15:46:00

A second whisky from the advent calendar from Fiddler’s in Drumnadrochit. So far I’ve reviewed only one, but tried the first nine drams and if

1 min read 2021-02-06 16:59:41

I got this sample in Jon Beach’s Advent Calendar, which I only started drinking this week, and only got in between Christmas and New Year’s. As

2 min read 2019-03-06 04:01:28

I have very limited experience with IPA cask whiskies. Mostly because there aren’t many around. And, honestly, if Glenfiddich’s version is