Dubbed the Impossible Equation, the Octomore series from Bruichladdich challenges everything we think we know about whisky. The Octomore 14.2 is super heavily peated, matured only 5 years, 57.7% ABV, and matured in sherry and wine casks. Can all these ideas come together to deliver a great dram?

Could this be our last Feis Ile 2023 review of the year? If it is, we are ending with a Scotch Malt Whisky Society offering, The Finesse of a Fragrant Furnace. Made in partnership with Bowmore, this whisky was the oldest of all the whiskies released for Feis Ile 2023 by the SMWS.

An Ardbeg single cask whisky is not something you get the chance to try every day, so we made sure to appreciate the Ardbeg Day Single Cask No. 2787. With any single cask whisky, you are bound to get something special and unique, but is it worth the price tag that comes with all that allure?

The Big Peat The Smokehouse Edition Feis Ile 2023 release is the first Big Peat whisky to be aged “predominantly” in red wine casks. In this post, we think about what exactly predominantly means in this case, and how this whisky compares to an old favorite also matured in red wine casks.

The Mac-Talla Pedro Ximenez Feis Ile 2023 release is the first Feis release put out by Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers. A nice cask selection, but how does this Pedro Ximenez-matured whisky compare to other Pedro Ximenez-matured whiskies we have reviewed?

In this post, we review the next release in the Rock’ndaal series from Bruichladdich. It sounds very similar to last year’s Rock’ndaal, so we also compare the 02.2 to the 01.2 release.

We continue our reviews of Feis Ile 2023 releases with the Laphroaig Cairdeas 2023 White Port and Madeira Casks whisky.

We have another Feis Ile 2023 bottling from this year’s festival, the Lagavulin Feis Ile 2023 14-Year-Old. The first ever Lagavulin finished in armagnac offers the chance to try something new, but is it worth the high price tag?

We have our first Bowmore whisky on the blog since our first post, the Bowmore Feis Ile Release 2023.

We have our first independent bottler and also our first Caol Ila review as we review the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s 2023 Feis Ile release.

This review of the Bunnahabhain Canasta Cask Matured offering completes our reviews of all three Bunnahabhain Feis Ile releases from 2023. You will have to read more to find out where it ranks against the other releases from this year.

This post covers our scoring system for how we will rate whiskies moving forward, and how we applied this scoring system to the whiskies we have already covered.

We don’t have the Kilchoman 2023 Fino Sherry release to review, but we are hoping the 2020 Fino Sherry release will offer a glimpse of what Kilchoman came up with for this year.

How smoky is the smokiest Ardbeg ever? We explore the depths of the ppm universe in this latest post.

How much flavor can a European sherry oak finish add to Laphroaig’s flagship whisky? We answer that question in this review of the Laphroaig 10 Year Sherry Oak Finish.

While we wait for the Rock’ndaal 02.2 from Feis Ile 2023, we are excited to look back at the 2022 Rock’ndaal 01.2 release and hopefully get a preview of what is to come.

We are firing up the grill and throwing on Ardbeg’s BizarreBQ limited release. We like most of the flavors described that went into this whisky, but how does BBQ fit into the mix?

Only 1,740 Bunnahabhain Fèis Ìle 2023: 17-Year-Old Mòine Triple Cask bottles were made available, but we were able to get our hands on one. It’s got a little bourbon, rum, and Oloroso sherry cask whisky in it, so we wanted to see if all these flavors can come together nicely.

Like previous releases of it, the Kilchoman Loch Gorm is aged exclusively in Oloroso sherry casks. 22 casks, all of which are at least eight-years matured, have been blended together for the 2023 release.

With Feis Ile 2023 over, we have been impatiently waiting to get our hands on more of the new limited releases. We pick things up again with a stunning 25-year aged whisky from Bunnahabhain, but is the longer maturation worth the price tag?