Thanks to /u/WDMC-905 for this sample. So you read a name like First Edition and think “Holy Damn! A First Edition! What does that mean?” And maybe you think it’s like books. This is the first time it’s made. The first printing. One problem: Whisky isn’t printed. Maybe that’s not a problem. Okay, so Laphroaig 19 1996 First Edition not juice from the first time Laphroaig… Continue reading Laphroaig 19 1996 First Edition
Thanks to /u/j4ni for this sample. Myteries and Enigmas… wait, I already did that for the last whisky. Shite. Uh, I have a nice hangover while writing this. Turns out dropping your caloric intake, having an eye freak-out caused by dust, and then diving into whisky the next day is not a good combination So, who or what is the Ileach Peaty? Well let’s start off… Continue reading The Ileach Peaty
Thanks to /u/j4ni for this sample. Throughout the ages, many smarter, more diligent, and much more drunk men have asked: What is an enigma? Is it a thought exercise with an end? But if it ends, what is the point? But if there is no end, why do the exercise? Does it just tire with no reward, leaving only the strongest among us to ponder it?… Continue reading Bowmore 12 Enigma
Thanks to /u/Boyd86, /u/muaddib99, and /u/lvl1dramacenter for three of these. Thank me for the last one (DO IT). I am ashamed and hurt to say that up until these reviews, I had never had Booker’s. Shock and Awe should be creeping across your face. An angry comment should be typed. No home should be safe from your totally not misplaced anger. We good? Okay. So the… Continue reading Booker’s Foursome
Thanks to /u/devoz for this sample. So contrary to the flack I’ve been handing out to some Bourbon’s lately, I do enjoy them. Really. Sure, I enjoy other whiskies more, but that’s neither here nor there. So I’ve decided I haven’t angered enough people, and thus have continued reviewing them. Yay me. Today we have the newest yearly special (unless you’re reading this after October 2016…… Continue reading Parker’s Heritage Collection 9 Malt Whiskey
I’m somewhat of a Slowpoke when it comes to Stranahan’s. Actually I’d call myself a tea totaler when it comes to the distillery. Well… an accidental one, rather. Mostly because until recently I wasn’t able to pick any of it up. And even then, I’ve been working through samples like a drowning man drinks water. Then /u/devoz [+51] and /u/Jolarbear both teamed up to prove… Continue reading Stranahan’s Triple Review [Original, Diamond, Snowflake]
Thanks to /u/slackerdude for this sample. I think. Correct me if I’m wrong. There’s an odd reaction I have when I’m offered a dusty. On the one hand, I want to give someone what they would get. On the other hand: Some of you motherfuckers are crazy when it comes to dusties. And that drives up the price. And that means I gotta offer more.… Continue reading Aberlour a’bunadh batch 6
Glengoyne is the one distillery in the Highlands that doesn’t let me down. It doesn’t run me around. And dessert me. I’m going to have a tough time giving it up, to say the least. Not that I need to. I just somehow had to write a start and I’m on the last SMWS I’m going to review for a bit. I say a bit… Continue reading Glengoyne SMWS 123.8 “In the Spanish mountains”
Reviews are an interesting thing. I like to think of any review as a good starting point, not an end point. For instance, recently I went to see Suicide Squad. I’m not the biggest DC fan. However I am a big comic book movie fan, and watch a lot of them. I saw some reviews. Read quite a few, and saw some others. Fans, non… Continue reading Glen Elgin SMWS 85.35 “Complex & full of character”
So as a child I was a pushover. Easily convinced of anything. Quite Naive, if you will. And if you pronounce that as “knave”, then you can fuck right off. Anyway, while I like to believe that I’m over that, every so often my inner child rears it’s ugly, fat little hit and makes me go along with the group. Case in point: SMWS 58.17… Continue reading Strathisla SMWS 58.17 “Not shaken, not stirred”
Thanks to /u/devoz for swapping me this sample. So like a lot of Millennials (albeit one on the older side of that weathered coin), I grew up with MAS*H reruns. I watched it a ton, almost to the point where I wonder how much I really understood about the Korean war. Looking back, the idea of the show seemed insane. I was growing up watching a… Continue reading Laphroaig SMWS 29.154 “Camping with M*A*S*H”
And finally I’ll stop posting all the SMWS whiskies I have…. traded for from the welcome kit. What, you thought I had run out already? I have a problem people. And it’s called too many damn samples. And an utter need to write. And an unwavering devotion to the 15th century Pope. Oh, wait, ignore that last one. It surprised even me. So, do you… Continue reading Glen Grant SMWS 9.94 “Jam & Jerusalem”
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