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A whisky gift guide (2010)

Posted in whisky accessories, whisky resources, tagged , , on December 1, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Introduction Dear Santa, You take the milk and cookies, and I’ll have a nip of whatever made your nose that color! I see that my 2009 gift guide has been getting a bunch of hits the past few days, so perhaps it’s time to do another one. Not that I’m an expert on such things, [...]

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Ratings History: More fun with Google Docs

Posted in whisky accessories, tagged , on January 6, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Introduction I’m taking advantage of my down time with a head/chest cold to do some non-drinking whisky enthusiast activities. In this post, I want to point out my new Ratings Spreadsheet link in the side bar, which points to a Google Docs spreadsheet containing my ratings history. The spreadsheet lists the classification, numeric score and [...]

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ABV Calculator – Excel spreadsheet

Posted in whisky accessories, tagged on December 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Introduction I got an email from Tom in Toronto, asking if I have a Windows version of the Easy ABVs Calculator that I wrote for the iPhone. He wants to compare varying strength whiskies at the same ABV. I don’t have a Windows version of the program, but it sounded like a good idea. Instead [...]

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Win a nosing kit from The Balvenie

Posted in Balvenie, whisky accessories, whisky news, tagged on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Have you ever seen these nosing/tasting kits? I think it looks like a great idea, but they’re a little more expensive than I would like. Now The Balvenie is offering up a chance to get one for free. I got an email from them today with the following info: Just in time for the holidays, [...]

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A whisky gift guide (2009)

Posted in whisky accessories, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2009 | 18 Comments »

Introduction I’ve had a number of people ask me about good gifts for the whisky enthusiast in their lives. I’m no expert, but I AM enthusiastic about whisky, so I can certainly share some ideas that appeal to me. A bunch of these whiskies and whisky accessories are ones I already own or have experience [...]

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Knob Creek commemorative barrel bung

Posted in Knob Creek, whisky accessories, tagged , on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Knob Creek has apparently closed out their Drought of 2009 marketing campaign, and they’ve done it in style. A bunch of Stillhouse members have reported receiving a package in the mail with a commemorative barrel bung to celebrate the resumption of Knob Creek bourbon bottling.  I just got mine today. It comes in a box [...]

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I love scotch.

Posted in whisky accessories, tagged 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 [...]

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Easy ABVs for iPhone – Part 2

Posted in whisky accessories, tagged , , 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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Easy ABVs for iPhone – Part 1

Posted in whisky accessories, whisky research, tagged , on August 24, 2009 | 10 Comments »

Introduction I’ve been reading up on iPhone development, and finally got around to creating something this weekend instead of just reading about it. It’s a pretty simple application, which is good, as it will allow me to get experience with the end-to-end iPhone App Development process fairly quickly. The purpose of Easy ABVs (as in [...]

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Reading Whisky & Jazz by Hans Offringa…and loving it.

Posted in Jazz, review, whisky accessories, tagged , , , on July 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Introduction and book synopsis If you drink scotch and enjoy listening to jazz, you don’t need a book to tell you the two go great together. You might, however, be interested in a book that offers up large, artistic renderings of some of your favorite jazz musicians and scotch distilleries, provides deeper insight into the [...]

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