December 2024

2024: Year in Review

As usual, I’m writing this post while half-ready to go out for some fun NYE celebrations. Yes, I could just post it tomorrow, but then it wouldn’t be 2024 any longer… I simply can’t let the last few hours of the year slip by without some reflection, so before I finish styling my hair and …

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The Year of Wild Turkey

I think it’s fair to say that 2024 was THE year for Wild Turkey.
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The “Best” Lie

 Every year at this time, everyone publishes their “best of” lists for the year. Sure, nobody wants to work very hard over the holidays, that includes most writers and editors and many readers. We all know these lists are just lazy editorial fille…

Gentleman Jack Tennessee Whiskey Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- When I sampled Gentleman Jack and took my notes some days ago with an eye on making it my last review work of 2024, I did so expecting to revise and update a review from more than ten years ago. I took it completely for granted that either I or …

Bourbon Barons – Julius Kessler

Julius Kessler was an important person in distilling history. He was born in 1855 in Budapest, Hungary. He came to America in the 1870s. He worked as a journalist, first in Omaha, Nebraska and then in Denver Colorado, before he… Continue Reading →

Today Lagavulin vs Brora plus bonus for Christmas Eve

Lagavulin 30 yo 1991/2021 (45.5%, OB, Casks of Distinction, First-fill PX/Oloroso seasoned European oak, cask #5399, 482 bottles)
Brora 45 yo 1978/2023 (49.4%, OB, Casks of Distinction, cask #P5V2, 255 bottles, 2024)
Port Ellen 1982/20…

Four Young Indie Tamnavulin

Tamnavulin 10 yo 2013/2024 (55.3%, Dràm Mor, refill bourbon, cask #110915, 225 bottles)
Tamnavulin 10 yo 2013/2024 (56.6%, James Eadie, UK exclusive, 1st fill Malaga hogshead, cask #373073)
Tamnavulin 12 yo 2011/2023 (56.8%, Tri Carragh, 1…

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