Like the Elvis TN Whiskey, saying Elvis Rye Whiskey feels weird. The King Rye Whiskey would have been a better name. But I get it, if you’re licensing Elvis’ name and image you wanna get your money’s worth and use that name as much as possible. And in as big a font as possible. Though […]
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I feel like they should have just called this Elvis Tennessee Whiskey “Tiger Man Whiskey”. It’s a better name and feels a little less… weird. Celebrity whiskey and spirits is not a new thing, but celebrity whiskey for a long-dead celebrity? That’s new, and even though it was his name, calling it Elvis Whiskey just […]
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Here we are again, the end of a year, and with that has come an avalanche of “top” and “best” lists – which I always find to be silly from a terminology perspective. Top, best, etc. are all subjective to the taste of the author… or the brand sponsoring the post/list. This subjectivity of taste […]
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10 yo Laphroag + ex-Oloroso casks = Laphroaig 10 Year Sherry Oak Finish. Laphroaig + sherry is a combo that works incredibly well and is something collectors go nuts for in the Indie market. Indie Laphroaig is pretty dang expensive these days, but if it’s been aged, or even finished, in sherry you can easily […]
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The Laphroaig Cairdeas 2021 Pedro Ximenez immediately makes me think of the Laphroaig Triple Wood; not because of how it tastes, but because of how it’s made… and a tiny bit in how it tastes. This year’s Cairdeas is a small, but significant, twist on a Laphroaig classic that was featured at cask strength as […]
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Alexander Murray bottled this Kirkland Speyside 24 years Sherry Finish for Costco in July of 2021. It hit the shelves a couple months later and immediately made a splash. A 24-year-old, sherried, Single Malt Scotch, with that color, and priced around $70… how could it not? Here in SoCal it kept selling out as soon […]
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This 2004 Single Cask Nation Ledaig 15 was part of the Malt Nuts: Ledaig Part 5 tasting. It was, obviously, my contribution to the tasting and now that the full recap is up I wanted to take a beat and give it a deeper dive. Malt Nuts events are great, we get a solid overview […]
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The tale of Islay Mist 8 years, well just Islay Mist, holds that it was the original “Islay blend” created in the 20’s to celebrate a Lord’s son’s 21st birthday. I don’t know why 21 was a big deal in the 20’s, “legal drinking age” wasn’t much of a thing back then and in the […]
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A variation on the classic Manhattan, the Preakness cocktail is an herbaceous and delicious cocktail that’s easy to make. The name of the cocktail comes from an annual horse race, the Preakness Stakes, and I guess is meant to symbolize a day at the track; tasting the sweetness of victory (vermouth) and the bitterness of […]
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Oh great, another overpriced CB release that only, wait-what, the Compass Box Orchard House is an affordable new core release? Color me tickled. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a massive Compass Box fan, but as my good friend Bozzy pointed out, there has been an advancing trend of ultra-premium releases that few can get their […]
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