Black Bottle reviews

Black Bottle launched a new series in 2021: Alchemy Series. There are already 2 batches available. This is batch 2 that was christened Black Bottle Island Smoke. I assume that we can therefore expect…

Black Bottle launched a new series in 2021: Alchemy Series. There are already 2 batches available. This is batch 1 that was christened Black Bottle Double Cask. That leaves little to the imagination, of…

Black Bottle has a rich history dating back to 1879. I tasted my first one in 2011 at the whisky festival in Ghent. I cracked my second bottle in 2013, when it was not only given a new look, but also…

This is the new version of Black Bottle, which rumour has it is vastly inferior to the old Black Bottle, which ironically came in a green bottle. Since I haven't tried the green Black Bottle, this review…

Well, it's been a while since I've reviewed anything (life gets in the way of whisky, unfortunately) so let's do a fairly straightforward, easy-to-find scotch: Black Bottle. Note that last year I revi…

This is the discontinued old bottling of Black Bottle. It was nice to get a full bottle of this bang for the buck blended whisky, which has malt from almost every distillery in Islay (Kilchoman not…

My first time tasting Black Bottle was in the best possible context for this dram as you can imagine: on the ferry between Kennacraig and Port Askaig. And I loved it - bold, smoky and bracing. This is…

It had been a couple of years since I had last tried the Black Bottle. Thanks to a buddy I was also able to try the 10 Year Old version, which is much better, but at the Spirits in the Sky festival in…

Soft warm fruity peated sweet grain balanced arrival develops a fast pleasant sweet finish.

I cannot say enough how disappointing this blend is for me. The alcohol hides everything leaving only certain flavours unmolested. Nose: Honey, Restrained smoke, heavy alcohol, sweet malt. Palate: Honey…