By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ About a month ago, Brown-Forman brought a pair of Benriach whiskies across The Pond and to American Shores, these named for two seasonal practices of the distillery. Smoke Season is so named because Benriach sees only a single production run of peated whisky per year, a short run at that. …
The Modern Cocktail is a classic cocktail that’s ridiculously easy to manipulate to fit into any cocktail scenario. Smoky, funky, sweet, spicy, this cocktail can do it all by just changing your selection of its core spirits: Scotch and Rum. Two spirits that have a wide range of flavor profiles to pick from, which results […]
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By Andrew Graham Rating: B The drawing on the label of a new expression from The Balvenie, dubbed The Sweet Toast of American Oak, says it all. The drawing is of a barrel, and it’s there because this whisky is all about the wood. Here’s the basic story behind this expression: It’s 12-year old Balvenie …
SIA Blended Scotch is a product of passion. It started as an idea for the founder Carin who spent years working on her blend to bring it to market. It isn’t a product of any of the major houses, nor is it a side project of an Independent Bottler. The closest I could relate its […]
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Blended whiskymaker Johnnie Walker has released a high-rye profile blended Scotch whisky to their core range. Johnnie Walker High Rye Blended Scotch Whisky was aged in American oak barrels and contains a mash bill of 60% rye, was bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and contains blends of the Cameronbridge, Caol Ila, Cardhu, […]
Young Islays can be hit-or-miss depending on how active the cask is, so with a slight bit of trepidation that I dug into this Valinch and Mallet South Shore Islay Malt 8 Years. Emphasis on slight because I’ve had some good Islays as young as 5 years. I’ve also had a pretty good experience with […]
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This bottle of 1995 John Milroy Glen Grant 23 Years was supposed to be opened in March of 2020… and then the world came to pause. It was supposed to be opened for a Malt Nuts Glen Grant tasting event and instead it went back into the closet. It was then moved to the mountains […]
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A shared commitment to heritage, craftsmanship and innovation unites the worlds of whisky making and automotive design with the creation of the new limited edition Bowmore Masters’ Selection, the latest single malt whisky to be made by Bowmore Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky in collaboration with Aston Martin. This whisky also marks the first time …
204-year-old Lowland distillery, Bladnoch, announced the release of three new Single Malt Scotch Whiskies in the United States: Vinaya, 11 Year Old, and 14 Year Old. This new core range was created by Master Distiller Nick Savage for incorporation into Bladnoch’s permanent portfolio. Each expression in the Classic Collection perfectly showcases the signature Lowland style …
Like the 81 Brora, this 1981 Duncan Taylor North Port 26 Years was opened earlier this year for my 40th birthday. And like Brora, it was closed in 1983 along with a slew of others. Several years after closing the distillery was demolished; a supermarket now resides as its tombstone. Though, unlike Brora, the whisky […]
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