Travel retail typically gets a bad rap. And it’s from me as well, don’t act like I’m going to say otherwise. It’s typically used as a place where experiments that just didn’t make it belong. However every so often a company puts something there that perks us up. Previously Bruichladdich Port Charlotte CC:01 was one of them, their peated (but not as peated as Octomore)… Continue reading Bruichladdich Port Charlotte MC:01
Thanks to /u/Davyj0ne5 for the sample Welcome to my new ongoing series, “Bunna-have you any more sir?”, in which I go through my backlog of way, WAY too many Bunnahabhains and review them. Alright, we took a break from OB Bunnahabhain with IB Bunnahabhain, and now we’re back to OB Bunnahabhain. It’s like a surprise warm bath, if you had really hot baths every day. Enough about my… Continue reading Bunnahabhain 13 Marsala Finish
Pop quiz punk: Two of your whisky friends keep talking about how Clynelish is good, as long as it’s finished, and you’ve only had ex-bourbon casks. They go in on a split: What do you do? Well you shoot the hostage. Duh. That scenario played out so quickly a few months ago that I basically gave into peer pressure, paid my portion of the bottle,… Continue reading Clynelish Wilson & Morgan Barrel Selection 1997/2016
Ardbeg. Now, when that name is put up anywhere, just by itself, we gush over it here at /r/Scotch like a specialty porn star. And it’s not really a surprise. They make amazing stuff. It’s peaty, it’s finished well, and they even have NAS product that we enjoy. So when I decided to go forth with this limited edition review bonanza, I didn’t know how it… Continue reading Ardbeg Auriverdes, Galileo, Alligator, & Ardbog
Travel Tip #1: If your friends move to another country, consider exploring that country. A lot. When our friends moved out to the UK, if was a given that we’d be visiting them. First, because we like to be around them. And second, well, because we always wanted to go to the UK and they could have us over. As a thank you, we picked… Continue reading Dalmore King Alexander III
Toronto Whisky Society 