(Thanks to /u/Porkpants81 for the Secret Santa swap from 2013 on this one!) Whisky changes. This is a constant in all of our understanding. Especially if it’s NAS or a blend. Sometimes it takes quite awhile, and sometimes it’s quick (see current complains of Oog going down in quality) Why? Well for multiple reasons, all of which are money. Can make a whisky cheaper and people… Continue reading Dewar’s White Label [Current Vs. 1968]
(Thanks to /u/muaddib99 for the Black Grouse Alpha) This may count as a volley. Or not. Grouse tend to be solitary, so when one finally sees a bunch of grouse, it’s hard to say if it’s a volley or not. That being said, I’m talking about whisky, and not birds. I’d hate to see what would happen if I ate 4 different types of wild game… Continue reading A Volley of Grouse [Famous, Snow, Black, Black Alpha]
(Thanks to /u/Devoz for the dram!) So I’m a little giddy to review this one, because I’m a child. Awhile ago there was some subreddit drama that made me giggle. The creation of /r/realscotch was caused by a certain individual asking for a review of Michel Couvreur Special Vatting. To say the least, I haven’t been able to review this malt yet, however whenever I hear about… Continue reading Michel Couvreur 12 Overaged Malt
(Thanks to /u/Jolarbear for this sample!) Continuing on with my series named “The Blender: A totally not rip-off of /u/tintin777‘s review series”, I moved along to another well known and respected blend group, Chivas. Chivas and I have not had the best of whisky friendships. While I will enjoy a dram of it while out with people, that’s usually because I want to be social and… Continue reading Chivas Royal Salute 21
(Special thanks to /u/slackerdude for this sample) Now to continue the series I’m calling “The Blender: A totally not rip-off of /u/tintin777‘s review series”. Up next we have a blend made primarily of Glenkinchie malt, with some “more northernly distilleries” thrown in for good measure, including Linkwood, of which we know is always good. That seems fun. Man I am tired. I’m having trouble just going… Continue reading Dimple 15
(Special thanks to /u/slackerdude, /u/Jolarbear, and /u/ziggy1283 for the samples. You’re all very good people) It’s that time of year people. The time when we’re all ready for it: The Blend-a-Thon! Yup, my completely unique.. wait, what? /u/tintin777 has been doing a blend-a-thon? Or a vatted-a-thon? Well fuck. That’s what I get for waiting months to finally review blends. Or vats. As an aside, to make everything easy,… Continue reading Compass Box Quintuple Review [Orangerie, Spice Tree, The Peat Monster, Flaming Heart, Great King Street Artist’s Blend)
(Thanks to /u/Scotch_Fanatic for this dram) Ever have one of those moments where you’re sure you’ve never had something, or even something from that group, and then you find out you have. I was sure I hadn’t had moose for the longest time, and then my mother reminded me I had. My wife is pretty sure she’s never had anal, yet she just got blackout drunk… Continue reading Glenrothes 1997 The Ultimate
(Thanks to /u/Scotch_Fanatic for this dram) I’ve been trying to, in recent posts, get back into what makes a good review. So I’ve taken to writing my reviews like an essay, attempting to start each off broad and slowly narrow down on what I should say. There are times though where I have no clue at all what I’m trying to say with reviews. Some reviews… Continue reading Mortlach 18 1995 Vintage Signatory Un-chillfiltered
(Thanks to /u/Devoz for this dram.) I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: We all have biases, and we all fight to at least quell them a little bit. We all also have a moral code, made up of prejudices and annoyances of things we do ourselves or have had done to us that we avoid. One of such meeting points that cross at… Continue reading Masterson’s 10 Straight Rye
(Thanks to /u/slackerdude for the sample) Replacements are never smooth. Soap Operas go out of their way to announce when a new actor is playing a character on a show. That 70’s show even made a joke about the actress Laurie being replaced. I’m sure that at least a small amount of people here have had some pet replaced by parents, even if they know it… Continue reading Highland Park 2001 Vintage
(Thanks to /u/ounknownto for the sample!) Marketing is, and always will be, an odd duck for me. As someone who studied it in University, and have been entrenched in it for the last 7 years, I am usually glib and condescending to the ideas brought forth by marketers. This is magnified as someone in the marketing research area. One such area which always seems incompatible with… Continue reading Highland Park 1998 Vintage
(Thanks to /u/ounknownto for the sample!) Creativity is, by most definitions, the reason that humanity is no longer running through the plains as the tiniest morsels on multiple creatures buffet tables. Our ingenuity achievements has filled books and books, showing that the human mind needs to improve on designs. Yet in our achievements, we suffer from the age old question of quality and quantity. As one… Continue reading Highland Park 1994 Vintage
Toronto Whisky Society 