Ardmore SMWS 66.164 “I like big butts”

Oh my God Whisky, look at that butt It is so big, it looks like One of those good bodega’s casks But, ya know, who understands the sherry cask industry? They only exist, because Those cooking vinegars and glowing red whiskies that look like a total strawberry, okay? I mean, that cask, it’s just so […]

Glen Scotia (2021 Campbeltown Festival / Single Cask)

Is there an updated, not old version of Jan from the Brady Bunch? I don’t know of one, so I’m going to go with it. Glen Scotia is the Jan of Campbeltown. No, I don’t know if anyone who owns it or works there says “Springbank! Springbank! Springbank!” in a whiney pre-teen way, and I […]

Springbank 20 1996 Hunter Laing Old & Rare Platinum Selection

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_TO for the sample! Current Springbank brings all the boys and girls and everyone in between to the yard. Much like the world’s richest people have asked throughout time: If I can buy anything with limitless money, what if I had double limitless money? Joking aside (seriously eat the fucking rich), what does one expect […]

Ledaig 16 2005 Single Malts of Scotland

Thanks to /u/devoz for pouring me this dram. Last whisky of the tasting. Not going to lie: This was an exciting, terrible idea. If I didn’t have the breaks these notes would be “whisky” repeated about 12 times. I even was worried about some of them, taking extra time. Don’t be like me: Stop at 5 for […]

Inchfad 14 2007 North Star / Inchfad 14 2005 Dram Mor

Thanks to /u/devoz for pouring me these drams. These were whisky reviews 10 and 11 of a massive tasting. They are in the peated section, with each section having a break in between. No, I normally wouldn’t go beyond 5, but I was excited, I took many breaks, I checked my notes with others in a way […]

Springbank 8 2012 Springbank Society

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_TO for pouring me a dram. Still at the whisky tasting. We’re onto the peated section. Which means I took a break, had an espresso, some water, took another break, and then dove back in. We’re on whisky number 9, and the breaks are the only reason I can still keep writing notes, though a […]

Glengoyne 20 2001 Malts of Scotland

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_TO for pouring this dram for us. Still working through whisky reviews from the whisky tasting we had. This would be whisky number 8, however, in my own defense, I was super excited and took breaks when I felt like I couldn’t review anymore to clear my palate. So we’re midway through the sherry whiskies, […]

Omar 4 2013 Cask Strength [cask 21130066]

Thanks to /u/Throzen for pouring this dram. So far, as part of the tasting, I’ve mostly had Scotch. One Irish whiskey, but otherwise only Scotch. Anyone who reads my stats shouldn’t be surprised: I mostly review Scotch. It’s that simple. I live in a country where higher end whisky doesn’t have a market (yet). I’m directly north […]

Inchgower 20 2000 Maltbarn

This was my bottle to open for the tasting, and has been hanging out for a few years, awaiting an occasion like this. It was the sixth whisky, however please be assured I took a break which was needed more than an Intermission during The Batman, so we’ve reset, and we’re onto Sherry Cask whiskies […]

Kirkland Signature 20 2020 Sherry Cask Finish

Thanks to ScotchGuy_TO for the dram. Finally I had a tasting, since the pandemic started, in a safe way, and was so excited that I may have overdone it. I took breaks between each “group” of whiskies, and the first break came between “light whiskies in ex-bourbon” and “sherried whiskies”, all before we got to “Islay whiskies”. […]