Jason's Scotch Whisky Reviews

  I saw this on the shelf, at my local liquor store, and thought it was time to revisit it.  Fifteen years ago, I was a big fan of this sing...

In my college days, I was into the music of Miles Davis.  Albums of his like 'Round About Midnight , Kind of Blue and an obscure so...

I like the Compass Box Company.  They put out some really interesting releases.  So, when a reader suggested I continue to explore the pro...

The brittle leaves, once green, had turned custard yellow, clay brown, red, purple and every stained-glass shade  in between.  Nippy autum...

It's a classic that I just had to return to and review once more. Best, Jason

Scotch Whisky Review The Famous Grouse "Smoky Black" Category Blended Scotch Whisky Price Reasonable Distribution Wid...

Category Kentucky Straight Bourbon Price Reasonable. Closure Cork. Age Statement None. "Nose" (undiluted)...

The typical whisky review starts with the writer trotting out a brief biography of a colorful founder, followed by a quaint history of the...

Great discoveries are often made by accident. Jeff Dufour wrote, in a 2006 article entitled, The History of Bourbon, a happy accident , ( c...

Recently, an anonymous poster, B. Linn, asked me to try the Yamazaki 18 year old again. In my review of this spirit’s younger sibling, the 1...

Before I ever tasted bourbon, I associated that particular type of American whisky with a stream of images like: the Alamo, tumbleweed, cow...

Dalwhinnie 15 years Highland Single Malt Scotch Region Highlands. Closure Cork. ABV 43% Wood Management Aged exclusively in ex...

" For relaxing times . . . make it Suntory times ." This famous line comes from the quirky and highly entertaining film, Lost i...

Rodney Dangerfield & Bourbon The late, great comedian, Rodney Dangerfield, and bourbon share at least one common characteristic: “ No ...

A tiny town . . . . . . is Oban where Gaelic is still spoken by some of the residents in the course of their day. The population is a litt...

If you take a look at most of the tasting notes I have posted in this blog, you will observe that I praise most of the differ...

Bushmills Black Bush I’ve always felt that Irish whisky never quite gets the respect it so richly deserves. What I mean is that people who...