Dalmore Port Wood Reserve
The Dalmore port wood reserve strikes a great balance between port cask influence and ex-bourbon oak matured Dalmore spirit. 84/100
October 2021
Book Review – Irvin S. Cobb’s Own Recipe Book
There are many books that are out of print, but worth looking for in used book stores or online. Irvin S. Cobb’s Own Recipe Book is one such book. It is a paperback booklet printed by Frankfort Distilleries in 1934…. Continue Reading →
Johnnie Walker Wants You To Keep Walking
Diageo-owned Johnnie Walker – global purveyor of blended Scotch whisky – is promoting their spirit by imploring consumers to ‘Keep Walking’ as more bars and pubs open up worldwide in emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic. The video promotion features a mash-up of famous songs including Run DMC and Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”, Loretta Lynn’s “These […]
Whisky Cocktails Made Simple: Hot Toddy and Gold Rush [Video]
Make these classic whisky cocktails using ingredients that are already in your kitchen like honey, lemon juice, and baking spices.
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Ardbeg Scorch Committee (2021) Notes
I (and many like me, I think) had high expectations for Scorch as some sort of a second coming of Alligator. These were perhaps unfairly lofty preconceived notions, but let’s not pretend that isn’t the exact image that the marketing department wanted us to be smacking our chops to. I mean, ‘heavily charred casks’ was […]
Duncan Taylor Tweet Tasting II
Continuing our sensory story led, teeming throng of industry
leading Tweet Tastings, we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that on November 17th,
we’ll be teaming up again with our friends at the specialist independent whisky
merchant Duncan Taylor, to…
328 – How to BBQ & Bourbon Right with Malcom Reed
I read a meme one time that as soon as a man […]
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Laphroaig till the 500th
Laphroaig 10 yo (40%, OB, +/-2021)Laphroaig ‘Quarter Cask’ (48%, OB, +/-2021)Williamson 10 yo 2011/2021 (59.9%, Asta Morris, sherry, cask #AM083, 674 bottles)Williamson 2010/2020 (52.2%, The Whisky Jury, refill barrel, cask #twj-Lph01, 230 bottles)Lp12…
An Independent Voice for American Whisky (Episode 904: October 20, 2021)
Independent bottlers buy casks of whisky and sell them under their own labels, and while they’re common in Scotland and other parts of the world, independent bottlers are much less common in the United States. Last year, Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski gave up their day jobs to start Lost Lantern with a goal of bottling some of the best American whiskies available. So far, their whiskies have been a success, and they celebrated their first anniversary with a new release of five different whiskies from distilleries around the U.S. They’ll join us on WhiskyCast In-Depth to discuss that early Read More »