About a week ago I received a PM through the site from @tomholder who works for the NZ Whisky Company mentioning that I looked familiar from one of the Tasmanian Whisky Appreciation Society pissups, uh…

So my wife, daughter and I often walk from home down to the Salamanca Market (a Saturday institution here in Hobart that has been going on for decades now - if you ever travel this way, you should drop…

As part of my birthday present my wife took me down to the Lark Distillery and said I could choose a couple of whiskies - and this was one of the. I'll paste the blurb here:---The 100 Barrel Bottle A…

I have previously reviewed this (http://www.connosr.com/reviews/ardbeg/ardbeg-1990-airigh-nam-beist/slightly-formulaic-islay-malt/), but when my wife bought me a bottle I noticed it was significantly…

Between passing a recent exam and a birthday a few days ago, my wife has spoiled me rotten with 4 new bottles - Sullivans Cove Double Cask (my review is here: http://www.connosr.com/reviews/sullivans…

When I noticed the Glenmorangie Signet was on sale, I needed another whisky to take the purchase over $200 Australian, because at that point I get free shipping! So I looked around the website and not…

With my recent (good) impression of the current Glenmorangie range, and the way they are prepared to take a few risks and try a lot of experimentation to come up with unique new bottlings, naturally the…

A friend of mine was given this as a present, and found he didn't like the finish much (too 'gin-like' he said), and so offered me a taste. I thought 'why not' and so here we are.I've read around the…

A friend of mine had aquired bottle of this and offered to pour some into a small hip flask for me to try. I jumped at the chance and tonight I get to try some.According to the Johnnie Walker website,…

The second of two new drams for Chrissie thanks to my wife and daughter. I've been looking forward to this one. I've only tried a couple of decent bourbons (nearly all of them Blantons) so getting my…