Ten days in. To the Advent Calendar. One of those things people usually post as they drink, but I’m all like “that’s too much, I’m busy” and did it two months later because I’m behind and stuff. So this is Advent Dram #10. I’ve had some close guesses on these mystery drams. However, my wife has some curveballs in the form of raiding my supply… Continue reading Millstone 100 Rye [Re-Review]
Thanks to the Toronto Whisky Society for hosting this event, and to /u/devoz for picking out the lineup. Final whisky of this tasting. And here I am, ready to sit back… Oh, what? We had a last minute cancellation from the person who was going to explain Millstone and I have to explain it now? Oh, goody! So during my quick “oh, what do I know about Millstone” Google… Continue reading Millstone 12 Oloroso Sherry Cask
Thanks to /u/devoz for sharing a sample of this whisky. The Netherlands. Not so much a place people think of when one says “Whisky Maker”. Usually a place one thinks of if I mentioned, for instance, social tolerance or perhaps tulip crash or even “Holland”, if you’re nasty. However those people aren’t including Zuidam Distillers. Originally started in 1976 by Fred van Zuidam and Hélène van Zuidam.… Continue reading Millstone 100% Rye Single Cask 1577
Das is some vet friggin whisky Gast! Chillen man, I’m going to lay it all down. Don’t get your Kut all worked up! Well there’s my attempt to learn Netherland slang. Anything else is pretty messed up and I’m pretty sure I fucked up “kut” up there. What? Oh, yeah, I’m here to review whisky and butcher slang of a culture. And I’m all out… Continue reading Millstone 100 Rye
A country’s heritage is a hard thing for me to grasp. On the one hand, I love the idea of different communities taking up ideas they have cultivated, thus avoiding a homogenous collective that could miss better or different ways of doing things. On the other hand, I see the results of blind devotion to ones own country as a flawed aspect of life. It… Continue reading Millstone Lightly Peated
