Introduction Is that a long title or what? That was the title of an event put on by Diageo’s Johnnie Walker brand on 9/29/09 as part of a celebration of 100 years of Johnnie Walker Black Label. The host of the webcast was Andrew Ford, Master Blender for Johnnie Walker, and they aired the event [...]
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Johnnie Walker Black Label Centenary Journeyman Blending Webcast
Posted in Johnnie Walker, Live Whisky Tasting, Whisky business, tagged art of blending, Johnnie Walker, webcast, whisky blending kit on September 29, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Kilchoman comes of age – tasting the Inaugural Release
Posted in Kilchoman, review, tagged Kilchoman, Kilchoman Inaugural, review, whisky on September 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Introduction Well, it’s official. Kilchoman is the 8th distillery currently producing whisky on Islay, and the first new distillery to do so since the 19th century. On September 9th, they had a release party for the Kilchoman Inaugural Release 3 year expression, and it hit the stores on the 10th. The UK online retail portion [...]
Reviewing “The Glenmorangie Collection” gift pack
Posted in Gift Packs, Glenmorangie, review, tagged Glenmorangie, Glenmorangie Original, Lasanta, Nectar D'or, Quinta Ruban, review, whisky on September 20, 2009 | 24 Comments »
Introduction I love sample-sized whisky bottles. As a whisky enthusiast, there are a LOT of distilleries to become familiar with, and only so much money in the ‘ol bank account (and room in the cupboard). Glenmorangie offers “The Glenmorangie Collection” gift pack, which contains four 100 ml bottles: The Original – Glenmorangie’s signature expression, aged [...]
White Horse Extra Fine 12 year blend. Fine indeed.
Posted in blends, review, White Horse, tagged review, whisky, White Horse on September 14, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Introduction There is a liquor store between home and work that sells a lot more beer kegs than whisky, but they do have a pretty good selection of the good stuff, including some bottles that have been sitting around for several years. I stopped in to look for something I can’t find at my usual [...]
Laphroaig “Distillery Live” details
Posted in Laphroaig, whisky news, tagged Distillery Live, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live on September 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Following on the previous Friends of Laphroaig email, John Campbell has sent out another letter with official details of the Distillery Live event on September 25, 2009 at Maker’s Mark Distillery. News since the last letter includes the creation of a web site dedicated to the event at http://www.distillerylive.us.com. Update 9/26/09: For those who missed [...]
I love scotch.
Posted in whisky accessories, tagged Anchorman scotch ringtone on September 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Mm, I love scotch. I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch. Here it goes down. Down into my belly. Mm-mm-mm. – Ron Burgundy, “Anchorman” That’s the ringtone I have on my phone right now. I downloaded it from moviewaves.com. Or did I? If it’s illegal, then I didn’t. Anyway, I thought some of my fellow scotch [...]
Sampling A young, peaty Bunnahabhain
Posted in Bunnahabhain, review, tagged Bunnahabhain, Moine, review, scotch, whisky on September 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Introduction I’ve been sitting on a 30 ml sample of Bunnahabhain ‘Moine’ (from Feis Ile 2009) for a while now, and decided to finally give it a try. It’s bottled at 58.4% ABV, and only 642 bottles were produced and made available at the distillery during the Feis Ile festival in May 2009. The price [...]
Easy ABVs for iPhone – Part 2
Posted in whisky accessories, tagged Easy ABVs, iPhone, whisky iphone app on September 6, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Introduction Following on my first post about my Easy ABVs application for the iPhone, I’ve now completed the application and thought I’d post a few pictures and describe how it works. Easy ABVs is a calculator application specifically designed to calculate alcohol content of a spirit, and show how adding water affects the final ABV [...]
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