Fed up with grey days and bad news, Fletcher cracks open two well-aged blends on a budget to see if they can bring a little lightness. A Glenallachie made NacNair’s 21yo vs a Cadenhead’s 25yo.

In trying to understand why Ben Nevis is such a ‘connoisseur’s malt’ Ainsley assembles a trio of indies and pours them alongside each other for a cosy night hiding from the Parisian rain.

When we love whisky so much, it’s hard to be brutal about some of the obvious negatives. Yet sometimes, when things are clearly wrong, we just have to call it out. This decision was not taken lightly.

Usually a gentle type, the spectre of a bad experience from Ogilvie’s past rears its head to have him reaching for the warning klaxon. Do not buy this. A rare 2/10 on Dramface.

When some of the Dramface reviews are for limited outturns, mostly from indies, Earie wonders; What’s the point? Then he finds something like this. That’s the point.

With so many whiskies being released it’s hard to keep up. Wally spends an entire article making excuses while admitting to the new normal; solid, reliable, tasty whiskies. Predictable but reassuring, like these new Glenallachie Meikle Tòir releases.

Taking a broad view of the rapidly expanding Australian whisky scene, Tyree delivers a snapshot with four Aussie single malts, and almost uses the full gamut of our scoring to do so.

Ogilvie admits that the enjoyment of a whisky - and the scoring of it - can all too easily be affected by emotion. And it should be.

Port casks and celebrating those who get it right.

A friendly dram that delivers, eventually, some lovely flavours

When it comes to Laphroaig, Cask Strength is where it’s at!

Top shelf nose let down by a hollow palate

A new Irish distiller doing transparency right. Oh, and the whiskeys are delicious!

The crossroads where gimmick meets interesting results

A worthy successor to the Illicit Still — plus a very special guest

Meat, sweet and a little bit of feet

Does what it says on the tin.

Summer in a bottle

Stumbling upon a rather innocuously stickered stoater

A joyous peated dram of surprising decadence. Incredible value at the Clubcard price.