Review of two single malt whiskies bottled by Little Brown Dog: a Secret Speyside 2008 (undisclosed Glenrothes) and Caol Ila ...

Nose: rounded and attractive. There’s coconut indeed, perhaps a little sunscreen, along with vanilla cream, apricot and orange. Plenty of cereal notes at the base. Also tropical notes of mango and ...

Nose: intense and chisseled. Quite a lot of pepper, along with iodine and sea spray. Sharp herbal notes, whiffs of pine needles and burnt fir wood, even an old balsamic edge. Then dried seaweed, ...

Nose: pleasantly old-style, with some fruit that quickly moves to the background. Hints of oxidized apple, dried pears and just a whiff of mitabelles. Almonds and hay. Subtle hints of beeswax, light ...