Speyburn 12 Year Old James MacArthur

Speyburn 10 Year Old

Nose: Speyside sweetness and fruitiness. There is a lot of honey and pear in it. I could keep on nosing for hours. Taste: Sweet and fruity (lemon?) on the palate, not much body. Hints of smoke, but very very discreet. Ideal dram for a hot summer afternoon on the veranda. Finish: Not very long. The honey lingers on for a few seconds, but fades away...

Score 85/100

Speyburn 25 Year Old

Speyburn distillery is located in the Rothes Glen and was founded in 1897 by John Hopkins & Co., a company that was owned by the brothers John and Edward Hopkins and their cousin Edward Broughton. In 1916 both the company and the distillery were acquired by Distillers Company Limited. Like many other Scottish whisky distilleries Speyburn did...

Score 86/100

Speyburn Bradan Orach

This whisky is hard to get to like. I tried, not happen. The nose was fruity like apples and lemons. The taste was wooden tannic with a short uneventful finish.

Score 50/100

Speyburn 10 Year Old

Lest you all think that I only sit around drinking 90+ scoring whiskies, here is a review from the other side. The simple truth is that it is hard to get geared up to put out tasting notes on a less then stellar whisky. However, sometimes – just sometimes – you need to take a break from big flavored cask strength whiskies. So where is a whisky...

Score 78/100