We’ve just moved house and are swimming in boxes. The whisky is still packed up and being very clever I didn’t bother to label the boxes. So I have no idea where anything is. As a result, with the exception of bottles that were purchased after everything was packed up (and everything was packed up in December, before we left for India and Hong Kong), reviews this month will be entirely from samples. I will be finishing up the reviews of my Binny’s bottle splits (the Glenlivet, Ledaig, Linkwood and Balmenach remain) and that’ll likely be it in terms of reviews of malts that are currently easily available in the US. I will also try my best to get to the long-promised Redbreast CS review. If there’s anything else from the list below that you’re interested in seeing, please write in below as always.

There’ll also be the usual food posts, though maybe not as many as usual until unpacking is done and we have energy to cook anything interesting or to leave the house to eat. A housekeeping note for those who read my restaurant reviews: there’s been some glitch in WordPress.com’s gallery feature, as a result of which images and captions have not been displaying correctly when you launch a slideshow. WordPress is yet to respond to queries about this and so I have no idea when it will be fixed—it’s making me think fondly again about self-hosted service.

Here’s the longlist of potential whisky reviews:

Ardmore Traditional
Auchentoshan Heartwood
Balmenach 26, 1988 (Signatory for Binny’s)
Ben Nevis 18, 1995 (Wilson & Morgan)
Benriach 34, 1977, PX Cask 1034
Blair Athol 25, 1988 (Signatory for LMDW)
Bunnahabhain XXV
Cragganmore 15, 1999 (Malts of Scotland)
Clynelish 22, 1989 (Thosop)
Clynelish 36, 1972 (G&M for LMDW)
Evan Williams, Black Label
Glenfarclas 33, 1973, Bourbon Hogshead (Cadenhead’s)
Glenlivet 19, 1995 (Signatory for Binny’s)
Heaven Hill 2001, Caribbean Cask Finish (Malts of Scotland)
High West Bourye, 2015 Release
Highland Park 16, 1995 (A.D. Rattray)
Kavalan Solist Bourbon Cask B091030052A
Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask S090610018B
King’s Legend “Old Special” (Ainslie & Heilbron)
Laphroaig 21, 1994 (Cooper’s Choice)
Ledaig 13, 2000 (Gordon & MacPhail for Binny’s)
Ledaig 17, 1998 (Cooper’s Choice)
Ledaig 16, 1997 (Gordon & MacPhail for the Whisky Exchange)
Linkwood 16, 1998 (Signatory for Binny’s)
Linkwood 19, 1993 (Chieftain’s)
Macduff 31, 1980 (Wilson & Morgan)
Old Grand-Dad, 80 Proof
Paul John 2009, Bourbon Barrel (Malts of Scotland)
Paul John 2011, Bourbon Barrel (Malts of Scotland)
Paul John Classic Select Cask
Paul John Peated Cask 739 (for Bresser & Timmer)
Port Ellen, Elements of Islay Pe5 (Speciality Drinks)
Redbreast 12 CS
Springbank 1998-2015, Sherry Hogshead (Malts of Scotland)
Springbank 1998-2014, Rum Cask (Malts of Scotland)
Sprinbank 11, 1999, Recharred Sherry Butt
Springbank 16, 1997, Double Matured in Refill Bourbon and Fresh Madeira Casks
Strathisla 37, 1967, Cask 1331 (Duncan Taylor)
Teeling Whiskey
Tobermory 18, 1994 (Wilson & Morgan)
Tobermory 20, 1994, Oloroso Sherry (Wilson & Morgan)
Undisclosed Speyside 20, 1994 (Whisky Fässle)
Willett 7 yo Rye, Barrel 94