2020 has been quite the year, and your Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus celebrations are likely to look a little different than normal, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be buying whisky for your friends and family! We’ve put together an updated 2020 Gift Guide to help you find the best options at the LCBO! WHISKY $61 AND UNDER Wild Turkey 101 – a great bourbon for $38 currently … Continue reading 2020 Holiday Whisky Gift Guide
Thanks to /u/throzen for bringing this dram to our latest tasting (that I’ve written up). So I’m in a bar in Dublin a year ago, and they don’t have the Irish whiskey I wanted. So I order a Scotch. The bartender isn’t that well trained. Based on the alcohol percentage, and me being very full (food was great) and maybe drunk (did I not mention I… Continue reading Glen Garioch 15: The Renaissance – Chapter I [For Real this Time]
Glen Garioch used to peat their whisky. Actually, if we look at the history of Glen Garioch, they’ve had quite a few left turns in their whiskies. Which isn’t a surprise, really, for a whisky that’s been made since 1797. It is surprising because Glen Garioch was an important ingredient in Vat 69 in the late 19th century. At some point (I couldn’t find anywhere… Continue reading Glen Garioch 16: The Renaissance – Chapter II
Ended up at an old pub that was re-built after having burnt down in 1916 during the ill-fated rebellion on the green. In Dublin, as opposed to the green rebellions that may have happened elsewhere that year. And while I’ve been sticking to Irish whiskey, because, well… duh, I’m in Ireland. However I saw a bottle that I’d never seen before. (Also they didn’t have… Continue reading Glen Garioch 15: The Renaissance – Chapter I
The other evening I was fortunate enough to sit down with Igor from Heads & Tails with /u/devoz and /u/muaddib99. They probably posted theirs right away, and I have a backlog. And alas, or alak, whichever you prefer, we come to the last whisky that I shared with Igor on this evening before St. Patrick’s day. So, first things first: I learn I’ve been pronouncing a… Continue reading Glen Garioch 1992 Whisky-Doris bottled for Heads & Tails
The other evening I was fortunate enough to sit down with Igor from Heads & Tails with /u/devoz and /u/muaddib99. They probably posted theirs right away, and I have a backlog. And alas, or alak, whichever you prefer, we come to the last whisky that I shared with Igor on this evening before St. Patrick’s day. […] via Glen Garioch 1992 Whisky-Doris bottled for Heads & … Continue reading Glen Garioch 1992 Whisky-Doris bottled for Heads & Tails
This is an amalgam of a few different reviews I originally posted on Reddit. The Glen Garioch Founder’s Reserve was one of the early bottles that I bought, as it was reasonably priced at the LCBO and, in my opinion, was a much nicer Highland option than other entry level bottles. This caused me to seek out other bottlings from Glen Garioch (pronounced glen geery … Continue reading Glen Garioch Multi-Review
Ended up splitting a bottle of this. So you may be asking what I’ve always been asking: What, or who, is Adelphi ‘The Glover’ 18. Who is Glover? Is is Danny or Donald Glover? Because they are very talented. Well, no. And this may take some time, so maybe throw on Community or Lethal Weapon to help follow along. So first off, Adelphi is an… Continue reading Adelphi ‘The Glover’ 18
Thanks to /u/muaddib99 for swapping me this sample. Hangovers are funny things. For instance, as I type this, I’ve fought tooth and nail against one. Why? Well I wasn’t drinking whisky. I was drinking port. Because whisky angered me, due to Jim Murray’s stupid announcement. So I went to a house warming party and drank port. Also I didn’t feel like buying a new bottle just… Continue reading Glen Garioch Vintage 1995
Special thanks to /u/muaddib99 for the swap for this one, much appreciated! Let’s be honest: When most of us hear of a commemorative bottle that is NAS, we don’t automatically think “Wow, that’s going to be amazing!” We think… well…. that’ll cost a bit more for almost the same. And a little bit of that drunk child inside all of us dies a little. Because this… Continue reading Glen Garioch 1797 Founder’s Reserve
So each year, for my friend’s birthday, I bring him out to that pub I won’t shut up about[1] and buy him and myself a flight of Scotch. Suffice to say, I enjoy his birthday almost as much as he does. If you’re following my posts closely, you’d be creepy…. also, you’ll remember I did this last year as well. This year we did the… Continue reading Glen Garioch 15 [Feather’s Flight Review Set #3]
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