Wow, 50 Scotch reviews. Never thought I’d actually hit this milestone. Go me. After reviewing 3 rare malts, it’s probably time to step down from my ivory Scotch tower and go back to some of the regular Scotch/World Whisky samples, and try to mellow out my palate once and for all. Or at least stop being so snobby and picky.. About 6 months ago, my… Continue reading Talisker 10
I’m quite picky with my pubs and bars. I have maps of Toronto that shows me places that actually have good whisky. Otherwise I have water. It’s very annoying to choose between either Johnnie Walker Red for 7$, Glenfiddich 12 for 10$, or Glenlivet 12 for 10$. So when we ended up in a new bar in a different city this past weekend, I was… Continue reading Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition 2011
For my second review of the experiment I call “Poll /r/Scotch[1] “, I tried the Glenglassaugh 1983 Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur’s Choice. That’s quite a mouthful. As a reminder, the three I was able to try as part of this experiment (and not be too hungover the next day) were: Aberfeldy 21 Balvenie 14 year Carribean Cask (for the community review) Glenglassaugh 1983 Gordon &… Continue reading Glenglassaugh 1983 Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur’s Choice
I recently had a nice night of drams and great company out at my favourite whisky pub in Toronto, Feather’s. And like each time I go there, I have a few great drams and do some reviews. For this trip I polled /r/Scotch[1] to find what the community would recommend, and a great number of awesome people responded. Thank you all again. Unfortunately I’m in… Continue reading Aberfeldy 21 [Request]
I have now (almost) caught up on my world whisky samples. And I’ve been having quite a few rare, expensive whiskies versus some of the staples. So it’s time to drop back down to the Advanced/Beginner Scotch list, at least for one or two drams. I’m bad at reading maps. I’ll just say that right now. So when my wife asked for a restaurant, I… Continue reading Macallan Fine Oak 10
Every so often I take a moment, and look back at some of the drams I’ve had the chance to review some amazing, amazing drams. Drams that I’m so lucky to have had, I can’t believe it. I’m honestly humbled and shocked. Especially the ones I’ve gotten in swaps. The Yamazaki 18 is one of those drams. First off, pacifen sent it to me, and… Continue reading Yamazaki 18
Who is pacifen? Awesome sauce, that’s who. And the person who sent me a great sample of the next dram I’ll be reviewing, Amrut Fusion. Last week I reviewed the Amrut Cask Strength, granted a day late. I’ve been cutting back on drinking the past while, and exercising/working has taken up a lot of my time, so when I finally won myself a free weekend,… Continue reading Amrut Fusion
You know what’s a great way to try different whiskies? /r/ScotchSwap. Seriously great people over there. One of my most recent swaps was with an awesome person named /u/pacifen , and seriously, this was a pretty great swap. I’ve been jonesing to try different types of world whisky, and unfortunately (as everyone is sick of hearing), Ontario decides to throw curve balls on some non-European… Continue reading Amrut Cask Strength
Yet another thank you to glinsvad for sending me an Islay care-package swap. This guy is awesome, go pat him on the back and buy him a dram. Caol Ila is one of those distilleries that seems like no one reviews, and then 5 reviews pop up in one day. Or it seems like people pay attention to Ardbeg or Laphroaig more, and then someone… Continue reading Caol Ila 12
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