High West Double Rye! K&L Exclusive Pineau des Charentes Finished

I have this weird thing for whiskies in Pineau des Charentes casks. I have no explanation for it at all. I was drinking Teeling, as I like to do, and one of them used the cask. Then my mother called me up from a friend’s house and they were talking about it. Does that mean […]

Barrell Batch 005/006/007b/009

Thanks to walking_spanish and georgejessel for these samples. Me, 3 years ago Man, this Barrell company is really taking off. Perhaps I can find some samples and do a proper vertical Me, 5 weeks ago Why do I have four samples of Barrell? Yeah that was my thoughts. I met some people who shared some, but didn’t find any beyond the […]

Irish Single Malt Extra Old Acla Selection / 27 Acla Selection

Thanks to /u/cake_my_day for pouring me these samples. There’s a lot of great reviewers on the internet. Something I envy, and attempted to do myself, is the idea of organizing one’s samples in order to have milestone reviews. You know what I’m talking about: Person posts their 20th review, cracks open a nice 20+ year Laphroaig, pats […]

Deanston 13 2006 Cream Sherry Finish

Thanks to /u/devoz for this sample. Amongst my whisky group there’s no one you would call a fan of Deanston. Rather you’d point out we’re all quite Deanston intolerant. Not quite to a level of the Deanston racist but when Deanston is poured it’s followed by the phrase “this is one of the good ones”. So when […]

Rosebank 20 1981 Rare Malts Selection

A few years ago we saw a backlash to Rosebank whisky. This was because certain independent bottlers were announcing they had the last casks of Rosebank, releasing them, and then finding out these were heavily finished. During a similar time the distillery went from being mothballed (2002), then there were plans to build a new […]

Three Dusty Scotch Blends

Thanks to scotchguy_TO and dramfine for these samples. Those closest to me will tell you I’m constantly annoyed by nostalgia. Viewing the past with rose coloured glasses has hurt countless generations. It leads people to love the past without noting the injustices done and the inequalities there. I never would want to go back to any of it. Enter […]

Highland Park 21 1990 Signatory Vintage Cask Strength

Thanks to cake_my_day for this sample. We’re about at the tail end of a recent deluge of Highland Park (“Orkney”, “Kirkwall”) in the independent bottler market. Why? Probably because they needed to make space in a warehouse, and you may as well sell off some casks. As we’re at the tail end, the best, seemingly, has been […]