BattleScotch! The Glenlivet 12y v The Glenlivet 15y French Oak Reserve with Ryan & Goran
You knew it was going to happen. You knew as soon as you saw us review the second Glenlivet, you knew “they’re gonna BattleScotch! the 12y and the 15y, I […]
Aberfeldy 12y with Dan, Ryan & Goran
Just a quick wee bonus review to wrap up our great night at the Highlander Pub. Once we crashed through all The Glenrothes, we wanted a little sipper to taste […]
The Glenrothes Flight at The Highlander Pub, Rideau, Ottawa with Dan, Ryan & Goran
We had been looking forward to this night for a week or so, a planned sequel to Dan’s bachelor party that I had been out of town for. The iScotch […]
BattleScotch! Highland Park 10y v Highland Park 12y with Ryan & Goran
BattleScotch! Highland Park stablemates 10y and 12y duke it out in the opposite of last BattleScotch’s Terrible Bourbon-Off event! Because we had to wash that taste out of our mouths […]
The Glenlivet 15y French Oak Reserve with Dan, Goran & MC The Actual MC
Celebration whisky is always good. Dan & Laura gave Ryan this bottle to say thanks for Being the MC at their wedding reception. He did a good job, and a […]
BattleScotch! Bushmills White Label Blend v Bushmills 10y Single Malt with Dan, Goran, Ryan & Chris
Here we go again! BattlesScotch gonna leave you BattleScortched (patent pending) with all the hot Bushmills on Bushmills action up in here! Something different this time: introducing the Overall Impression […]
Birthday Scotch Review – Dun Bheagan 8y Islay Hogshead
Spending 36 on the beach with the dog. Steph kindly handed me this bottle on my way west and I’ve had a fair portion watching the dog chase beach rabbits. […]
ScotchParty Review #5 – McClelland’s Highland with Dan, Ryan, Goran, Ashley, Jared & Bowick
The fifth ScotchParty Review, the third McClelland’s. This time we’re trying out their Highlands bottling. And it seems to hold up to their “reasonable scotch at a reasonable price” reputation. […]
ScotchParty Review #4 – Auchentoshan 12y with Dan, Goran, Ryan, Ashley, Jared & Bowick
Sounds German, tastes Scottish. A quick Google for “etymology auchentoshan” reveals it’s just very old Gaelic from a branch that hasn’t made its way into common Scots English. Apparently this […]
UPDATED! Lagavulin 16y with Jono, Vanni, Jeremy & Valérie
The last of the new scotch, the Lagavulin is also the last entry in the Classic Malts Strong Collection and it definitely lives up to its name. neat Jono – […]
ScotchParty Review #3 – BattleScotch! The Glendronach 12y Original v The Glenrothes Select Reserve with Jared, Ashley, Alex, Goran, Ryan, Dan & Bowick
BATTLESCOTCH AT A SCOTCHPARTY. THE BATTLE OF THE GLENS. Sorry for the shouting. We pitted The Glendronach 12y Original against The Glenrothes Select Reserve literally because they both have Glen […]
ScotchParty Review #1 – The GlenDronach 12y Original with Dan, Ryan, Goran, Bowick, Ashley & Jared
So, we had a little get-together. Everyone brought a bottle. We did our level best to properly review all of them. Seriously, we really really tried. A part of the […]
anCnoc 12y with Dan, Ryan, Goran & Steph
It’s pronounced a-nock. Steph picked this up for me in Montreal, and it’s one that’s been on the to-try list for a while. We also got to verify the consistency […]
Highland Park 10y with Dan, Bowick, Ryan & Goran
What a pleasant surprise. Clocking in $15 cheaper than the excellent 12y, the Highland Park 10y is a welcome addition to the $45-60 range. While it tastes young, the pedigree […]
Bushmills 10y with Dan & Goran
Another box-checking entry we’d been looking forward to. We’ve had the Bushmills 10y before but it didn’t survive long enough to be reviewed. Oh well, a timely return. This leaves […]
Teaser – Penderyn Miniature Selection
Thanks to @mittenstrings and her recent scholastic voyages we have a trio of welsh Penderyn whiskies to try. We’ve seen the Peated before, so we’ll focus on the Sherrywood and […]
Stalk & Barrel Cask 2 with Dan & Goran
This is a little weird, but according to my whiskiography I’m quickly approaching 100 bottles tried, and a glaring hole in my whisky experience was that I’ve never seen a […]
Teaser – Stalk & Barrel
Stay tuned for our Stalk & Barrel review from the guys at Still Waters Distillery, and see more of my visit at stillwellgray.ca.
BattleScotch! Talisker Distiller’s Edition v Talisker 57° with Ryan
Long time readers of iScotch will know that we (I) am huge Talisker fan. I’ve tried 4 different expressions and will try everything I can get my hands on for […]
Battlescotch! Jura Superstition v Jura Origin 10y with Dan, Goran & Ryan
BattleScotch 2! Jura Superstition v Jura 10y Origin! This format was fun last time so we’re doing it again! But the formatting sucked last time so we’re going to try […]
BattleScotch! McClelland’s Speyside v McClelland’s Islay with Dan, Ryan & Bowick
Our 100th post, so it’s time to do something new. In BattleScotch! we pit two or more bottles related by either obvious elements or esoteric justifications against each other in […]
McClelland’s Speyside Single Malt Scotch with Steph
Here we have McClelland’s Speyside, brother from another region to their Islay bottling. McClelland’s range is pretty reasonably priced, so it’s not too much of a hardship to give it […]
McClelland’s Islay Single Malt Whisky with Dan & Ryan
McClelland’s is not a distillery, so this is a little different from what we’ve been looking at so far. They are a bottler, as near as I can tell, who […]
The Arran Malt 10y with Steph
Awesome! Surprise scotch! One of Steph’s friends picked this up in the home country and brought it back for us. Arran is one of the islands off western Scotland, in […]
