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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Have you found an American single malt whiskey you like? Earlier in the summer Big Chief traveled out to Oregon where he discovered Westward Whiskey. Westward Whiskey is distilling some amazing single malt whiskey and they were kind enough to send him home with a bottle. We are excited to travel down this road.
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It’s been over four years since we did our last young Laphroaig tasting. The last one was fun, a lot of fun, and so we decided it was time to revisit an Islay favorite. The rules for this tasting were pretty straightforward: Laphroaig aged 10 years or under and something we haven’t already tried in […]
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Following the success of the inaugural Fettercairn 16 Years Old last year, the distillery has today announced the release of its successor. The annual series celebrates different maturation stories, whilst continuing to showcase the distillery’s tropical style achieved from the distinctive copper cooling ring distillation process. This latest release unites both Sherry-matured and Sherry-finished casks to …
The Malt Nuts gathering to do a Ledaig tasting has become a yearly tradition. Though this year, unfortunately, I had to opt to do the second (digital) version because of a scheduling conflict. Luckily that option is still open, though who knows for how much longer. This is why the photos below don’t look like […]
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Speyside distillery Glen Moray has released a limited edition whisky – dubbed Homecoming – highlighting the completion of Edinburgh Rugby’s first permanent home. Glen Moray has been the official single malt whisky for the Scottish professional rugby team since 2018. Glen Moray 15-year-old Homecoming Edition celebrates the completion of Dam Health Stadium in Edinburgh, which […]
Benriach Smoke Season is the release-sister to the Malting Season and like that release, its name is a nod to the history of the distillery itself. Back in ye-olden days of whisky production, HVAC systems didn’t exist, so when barley was dried, to halt the malting process, fire and smoke were employed. Peated whisky was […]
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