Review of my whisky Year - 2025

Firstly thanks to all of you who have read my blog (c437,000 up from 296,000 last year) and follow me on social media.

This blog has been going for 9 years now and this is the 810th blog post! In that time I've reviewed over 2,190 whiskies! Let's review 2025!

Auchentoshan Distillery Visit

You'll find bottles of Auchentoshan in just about every supermarket, and you may have bought 1 or 2 when you started your whisky journey.

But at 40% it's unlikely you'd buy another, unless you visit the distillery!

#BTC60 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

 These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 60th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Mike @WhiskyWithMolly & Sam @WhiskyWithMolly

Claxton's 4yo Holyrood

This year's Kendal Whisky Festival was, as usual, a brilliant event, there were 3 or 4 drams that stood out for me. A trio after their brand ambassador called me over saying "Brian - I've something for you to try"

We've all heard this and the results aren't always good! For 3 drams in particular they were good and and I managed to get samples to try in a more relaxed atmosphere. The second was Claxton's 4yo Holyrood.

Henstone Red Range Batch 2

This year's Kendal Whisky Festival was, as usual, a brilliant event, there were 3 or 4 drams that stood out for me. A trio after their brand ambassador called me over saying "Brian - I've something for you to try"

We've all heard this and the results aren't always good! For 3 drams in particular they were good and and I managed to get samples to try in a more relaxed atmosphere. The first was Henstones' new Red Range bottling.

Bimber Santa's Edition 2025

Bimber have released a number of special edition bottles over the year and have rounded it off with Santa's Edition 2025

They sent me a sample, here's my thoughts!

Uncharted Whisky Co. Maturing Samples

Indy bottler Uncharted Whisky Co. sells shares in maturing casks as well as their own bottles.

Each year they take samples of the maturing casks and allow share owners to try the whisky.

Living Souls 25yo Dumbarton

Southport Whisky Club has held regular tastings with Jamie and the different brands he supports.

Living Souls is his own brand and we got to try some of Jamie's bottlings at Southport Whisky Festival.

#BTC59 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 59th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Ben @WhiskyWithMolly

Fragrant Drops 23yo Port Dundas

Southport Whisky Festival in July this year gave me the chance to have a proper try of some drams from Indie bottler Fragrant Drops.

George & Rachel allowed us to try a few different bottles, my favourite and the one I immediately bought was a 23yo Port Dundas!