Balvenie Double Barrel

--Balvenie Doublewood 12yro-- The Balvenie Distillery is situated below Balvenie castle just on the river Spey in a place called Dufftown in the North East of Scotland. The distillery was founded by William Grant and was started to be built the autumn of 1886 and in 1892 started distilling Whisky. The Balvenie Doublewood 12yro is as it sounds. It is a 12 year old single malt Whisky that has been left to age in two different types of cask. The first cask is the traditional oak cask that has previously been used for bourbon and the second cask is a Spanish oak first fill sherry cask. Each different cask gives the Whisky it's own different ...  Read the complete review

What? You still haven't bought a bottle of Single Malt for Hubby / Dad / Grandpa (delete as applicable)? You're leaving yourself a little short on time aren't you? And after all the lovely opinions on decent Scotch that I've written for you - don't know why I bother sometimes for all the thanks I get (sulk!) Out of the goodness of my heart, I'm going to give you one last chance and its all thanks to my mate Dave. Knowing that I was feeling really grim the other day, Dave offered me a medicinal Scotch - but not just any old rubbish for Dave is a true friend. He opened up a new baby bottle of Balvenie Double Wood for me. To refuse would ...  Read the complete review