Thanks to /u/devoz and /u/muadibb99 for the sample. So Wiser’s has this idea, right? They have a whisky they want to sell. It’s special, and they need a large company to pick it up. So they look around. Luckily they have someone in their back yard. And that’s how the LCBO ends up with Wiser’s Last Barrels 14. But we know that’s not what we’re here… Continue reading Wiser’s Union 52
Thanks to Liberty Pole spirits for the samples. I appreciate the chance to try your whisky. Liberty Pole is not the name of a strip joint in Pittsburgh. Well, it might be. However we’re not talking about that today. We’re discussing Liberty Pole Spirits. Washington Country, Pennsylvania was founded by Scotch-Irish veterans of the Revolutionary War. And because they were Scotch-Irish, they had a higher… Continue reading Liberty Pole Triple Review (Bassett Town Whiskey, Rye, Peated Bourbon)
on Friday night, I got an invite to a belated Burns event and had the privilege of sharing some drinks with a great group of guys. Everyone brought a bottle and there were a few I hadn’t tried or reviewed before, so I took a few notes and some quick scores. Obviously not as in-depth as a typical review, and more my overall impression of … Continue reading Burns Night 2017
Thanks to /u/kinohead for this sample. The names of the following story have been changed, as I don’t actually know their names. It’s a typical day at the Glenfarclas distillery. Jim, head guy, is enjoying some of the new music on his awesome walkman. He gets ready to meet with the head distillery. Sammy, the head of the distillery, enters with Jim’s assistant, Mirabelle. She looks… Continue reading Glenfarclas 25 Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection
Thanks to /u/devoz for this sample. And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself Well…How did I get here? Oh… I got caught… Continue reading Crown Royal Hand Selected Barrel [Review of a New Bottle]
Hey, it’s that whisky people wait for when it go to The Feathers Pub. Because it’s an Islay and you always finish with an Islay. Dammit. So this is pretty standard, as everyone can attest. You know, you go out, have a couple drams, finish up with a Port Ellen. Specifically Port Ellen 20 1978. You know, that standard sipper that we all have. I’m… Continue reading Port Ellen 20 1978 [Feather’s Flight Review Set #17]
The Feathers Pub! That’s where I went. What in the what is Millburn distillery? Well like a lot of the world, they stopped producing quality spirits in the 80s and fell into ruin, leaving us all with a gaping hole in our chests where they used to be. Well… that was a little melodramatic. The distillery started in 1807, before the Excise Act of 1823.… Continue reading Millburn Signatory Vintage 1979 [Feather’s Flight Review Set #17]
Went to The Feathers Pub for my belated birthday. And aimed to have some high end drams before they all went away and the LCBO hunts down anyone who even grows barley. Because that’s probably their next step. Until 1967, the Brora distillery was named Clynelish. Then it changed names, and started making heavily peated whisky to fill in issues with Islay not getting their… Continue reading Brora 1982 Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur’s Choice [Feather’s Flight Review Set #17]
Went to The Feathers Pub for my belated birthday. In my family, we don’t really love you if we celebrate your birthday on the day you were born. It’s against the rules. Also December is busy as fuck. With my father paying and my cousins nicely coming along, we ate English food (that I love) and I drank (which I’m mostly fond of). These are… Continue reading Auchentoshan 25 1978 [Feather’s Flight Review Set #17]
Thanks to my wife for buying this when I was wishy-washy and then mocking me constantly with it, all while trading people gin for samples. I finally got to drink some guys! Only took a little while! Well, I mean I got to drink some and review it. The last time I had this was after 11 other drams at a tasting I was running.… Continue reading Kilkerran Work In Progress 6 Bourbon Wood
Thanks to /u/xile_ for this sample. Blah blah been on a Caol Ila kick blah blah noted I needed more blah blah less peat blah blah fornication with a goat blah blah never allowed in Kuala Lampur again. I’ve said it before: I’m trying to catch up on the little distillery that I seemingly loved the first two drams I had and then never went back… Continue reading Caol Ila SMWS 53.236 “Culinary Cannonballs”
Thanks to /u/charlesdobson for swapping me this sample. I can be obsessive. I played Magic: The Gathering (aka Cardboard Crack) for about a decade. And I had a good time for most of it. I collected cards, but never spent more than I had. See, only somewhat obsessive. Recently I wanted to play Mega Man. I don’t know why, I just wanted to. So I bought… Continue reading BenRiach 22 1992 Single Cask #976 Tawny Port Cask
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