Introduction I’m really lucky to have gotten a bottle of the new Redbreast 12 Cask Strength from Irish Distilers Limited a while back. Thanks, James! It should be coming to the U.S. in early 2012. Now that I’m over half way through the bottle, I should probably write up some notes. This Redbreast is a [...]
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Redbreast 12 at Cask Strength!
Posted in Redbreast, review on December 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
At long last…Mackinlay’s Shackleton whisky replica
Posted in Dalmore, review, tagged Mackinlay's Shackleton review on October 31, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Introduction Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky is a replica of the whisky found under Earnest Shackleton’s hut in Antarctica, from an expedition in 1907. After some of the original whisky was very carefully thawed out, Master Blender Richard Paterson had the opportunity to try it, after which he created this replica whisky expression. It’s [...]
Birthday dram 2011: A 31 year Glenglassaugh bottled for TWE
Posted in Glenglassaugh, review, tagged Glenglassaugh 31 year review, The Whisky Exchange 10th Anniversary on June 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Introduction I’ve taken to using my Birthday as an excuse to purchase myself a very nice bottle of whisk(e)y, possibly at a cost in excess of what I really should be spending. I suppose ability to afford said whisky bottle should play into the equation, but such is the plight of a Stage 4-ish whisky [...]
Comparing two “affordable” old Caol Ilas
Posted in Caol Ila, review, tagged Battlehill Caol Ila 25, Master of Malt, Master of Malt Caol Ila 30, Total Wine & More on May 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Introduction In February, I had a couple of unexpected samples show up at my door. One was a Caol Ila 30 Year and the other a Highland Park 13 Year; both bottled by Master of Malt at cask strength. These unsolicited samples were not part of the samples program that I previously blogged about. A [...]
Caol Ila 12 or: Goldilocks and the three Islay malts
Posted in Caol Ila, review, tagged caol ila 12 review on May 5, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Introduction Goldilocks, a Scottish man with curly blond hair and wearing a kilt, walked into a pub and found three tumblers of whisky sitting at an empty table. Being a curious chap, he sat down and began sampling the single malts. The first one, a Bowmore 12 year, was nice, but a little gentle for [...]
Bowmore to the core: Legend and 12 years
Posted in Bowmore, review, tagged Bowmore 12 review, Bowmore Legend review, Bowmore NAS on April 6, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Introduction Continuing on with my Core Islay Expressions exploration, I’m stepping back from the big Ardbeg and Laphroaig malts and taking a look at the two entry-level Bowmore expressions. Bowmore presents a gentler, less phenolic side of Islay peat, and while the uber-expensive bottlings from the 1960s seem to get lots of attention, I never [...]
More Islay Benchmarks – Laphroaig 10 and QC
Posted in Laphroaig, review, tagged Laphroaig 10, Laphroaig 10 review, Laphroaig QC review, Laphroaig Quarter Cask on February 26, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Introduction With Ardbeg 10 (86 points) serving as a benchmark whisky for my Islay scotch reviews, I decided I needed another benchmark that I would rate closer to 80 points. The Islay equivalent of a Glenfiddich 12, if you will. Laphroaig 10 seemed like it would fit the bill. While I’m a HUGE Laphroaig fan, [...]
Ardbeg 10 – A personal benchmark
Posted in Ardbeg, review, tagged Ardbeg 10, Ardbeg 10 review on February 26, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Introduction Wow, it’s been quite a few weeks since I posted any whisky reviews. I’ve been busy with a work project, and while I’ve had my fair share of drams, and taken notes here and there, I just didn’t find the time to write an actual blog post. My plan now is to quickly post [...]
Single Malt Extravaganza coming to Phoenix! (…and other cities)
Posted in review, whisky events, tagged Single Malt and Scotch Whisky Extravaganza, SMWSA Extravaganza on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ahh…back in the WordPress blog editor after a little over a month. My day job has been more of a day and night job since the start of the year. Fortunately, we’re in the process of wrapping up the project that has kept me so busy. I needed something to jump-start me back into writing [...]
Two Tomatins you can’t go wrong with
Posted in review, tagged Master of Malt, Master of Malt Tomatin 19, Tomatin 18 review on January 4, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Introduction I hadn’t really seen or heard much about the Tomatin distillery until mid-2010 when Joshua over at The Jewish Single Malt Whisky Society generously sent me 50ml of his Master of Malt Tomatin 19 year single cask (cask-strength) as part of a sample swap. He was really impressed with it and thought I’d like [...]
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