Hey /r/worldwhisky[1] , it’s experiment time again! So I started off with a an experiment in my mini cask. All of this was completely experimental, I had no idea what I was doing, and I bought 3 different new makes to age. After asking around, I planned out my aging and went ahead. The first one was a Guadaloupe overproof rum. It turns into a… Continue reading Still Waters New Make Rye [Aging Experiment]
I… I think I completely forgot I had reviewed this one until I found a review sitting around. Guess that goes to show, eventually you can drink too much whisky, have too much fun, and eat too much butter. Side note: Seriously, why do people rag on English food so much? I really enjoyed it! I had Haggis, blood sausage, really good potatos (both scalloped… Continue reading Johnnie Walker Black Label
Last full day in the UK, and I wanted to end my long, long list of whisky reviews (oh god my liver hurts) with an advanced, interesting, and sometimes maligned dram before leaving. Yup, it’s time to review another from the Next Level malts list, the Clynelish 14. I happened to butch the name as I ordered it, leaving the poor bartender from Spain to… Continue reading Clynelish 14
It’s no secret (or at least it shouldn’t be a secret) that I feel there should be more Lowland reviews on /r/Scotch[1] . And the reason is simple: They do things very different from the other regions. On some level, you can point to connections between the other regions. Islay does peat, however Speyside sometimes uses it as well, and Campelton is known for using… Continue reading Auchentoshan Heartwood
It’s the last night at our friends house in the UK, and I’m getting nearer to the end of the liver destroying vacation that I needed, badly. I don’t know about you, but when I’m on vacation, I want to eat well, and drink well. And drinking well means getting some interesting and new whisky from distillers that I should drink more of. Distilleries such… Continue reading Talisker Port Ruighe
During the Bunnahabhain 12 community review it was actually the first time I’d ever tried anything from the Distillery. Here’s what I knew: It was an Islay I liked Islays because they are peaty It wasn’t peaty, and they buck trends. Okay, so I’m a little worried at this point. However I went through with it, and found the dram not really my thing. That… Continue reading Bunnahabhain 18
As I mentioned in my past review of Dalmore 12, I’ve run low on really rare malts to try at our favourite pub in Leicester, The Parcel Yard. Thus I’m forced to try out some malts that I can’t get back home that I typically move away from. Dalmore’s are not cheap. That’s a given we all know about. Ignoring the constellation series completely and… Continue reading Dalmore 15
Confession time: When I first saw a bottle of Inverleven Gordon & MacPhail 1991 at the pub, I honestly thought it wasn’t a whisky. The label was far away, I’m almost as blind as a bat, and it just doesn’t look like a Scotch. It looks like a tequila or a high end buffalo grass vodka. And who has heard about Inverleven anyway? There’s no… Continue reading Inverleven 1991 Gordon & MacPhail
And now for a couple of weirdos. I was out of SMWS, and noticed two interesting bottles on the top shelf of the Parcel Yard. Finding out that they were, in fact, Scotch, I asked for a dram of each (on two separate occasions, otherwise liver = dead). The first was the Cambus 1991 Signatory Vintage Cask Strength 20 year old. I’ve never had a… Continue reading Cambus 20 1991 Signatory Vintage Cask Strength Collection
We’re all starting to hit that point in the trip where it turns out that our otherwise healthy habits of not running and eating food with butter in it aren’t helping us walk 4 hours a day and drink every day. Go figure, eh? Unfortunately, the bar I’ve been enjoying, the Parcel Yard in Leicester, has run out of independent bottlings for me to try.… Continue reading Dalmore 12
Just posted my 100th Scotch review, and thought that I should get all the upgrading out of the way, so here’s my 10th Bourbon review. My last dram in the UK, and of course, it’s a Bourbon. See my earlier rant about finding things in Canada for why. Also it is time for me to slow down a little bit. I may have foie gras… Continue reading Bulleit Bourbon
Here it is folks, my 100th review, and it’s a review request from way back. Couple things before I start: I’d like to point out that 100 reviews ago, I was just a lurker on /r/Scotch[1] who had (and some would argue still has) a minor interest in Whisky. I knew I liked it, yet I was pretty frightened to review it. What if I… Continue reading Bruichladdich DNA 4th edition MCMLXXXV [100th Scotch Review/Request]
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