logo

My Handcrafted Opinions on Whiskies, Distilleries and Other Related Stuff

Most Recent Whisky

Most Recent Whisky Review

Woodford Reserve Distillers Select Straight Rye

This bottle was labelled #3031 from Batch 0887 and bottled at 45.2% ABV.  The nose was very nice, herbal tea with mint and sweet vanilla notes.  The mouthfeel is fresh, light and oily, bittersweet on palate with more vanilla, candy, black coffee and dark chocolate.  The finish has peppermint, wood and grassy rye notes.  With water it gets sweeter, even honeyed, while heat builds in the finish with chilli spiced dark chocolate.  Overall very delicious; a light and subtle of straight rye.

Read More
  • Monday, 24 April 2017 12:21

    Manhattan Project: Experiment #31

    Written by

    Location: Skyview, La Cigale Hotel, Doha, Qatar

    Date: April 2017

    Price: 65 QAR ($17.85 USD)

    Recipe: Np recipe

    Garnish: None

    Served: Rocks

    Comments: Not bad. Well balanced with the biiters coming through to balance out the sweetness.

    What is this about? Check out  http://www.somanywhiskies.com/item/749-the-manhattan-project-ii

    Leave a comment

    Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.

    Whiskies Tried...

    Total to Date: 694

    Distilleries

    Visited to Date: 66

    Follow Me on Twitter!

    Random Whisky

    Knockando Master Reserve 21 year old

    This was one of those great surprises that makes trying new whisky so much fun.  Peering across the bar of a hotel in France I saw this sitting on the back shelf (I like to think forgotten and unloved) and ordered one.  I was really glad I did.  The nose was dominated by sherry, fruits and a little malt as well.  The taste had lots of toffee and milk chocolate and was very smooth.  I wrote down "like eating a Rolo while sniffing sherry".  There was also some familiar sherried whisky spices.  The finish was (as you might expect) drying and even slightly disapointing.  The dry oakiness turned almost bitter, like the more acrid smoke notes from a bonfire.  Not sure I would ever buy a bottle but will definately help you drink yours if you decide to buy one.