Glen Garioch 17 1994 Vintage Batch 32 / Glen Garioch 16 1995 Vintage Batch 10

Thanks to /u/Amesey for these samples. Was on one of the many whisky related hobby forums that I spend time on, and someone showed a whisky from the past: Glen Garioch 17 1994 Vintage Batch 32. Ex-bourbon, not a single cask, more like a limited vatting or batch, from back in the day. These are basically all the […]

Proper No. Twelve

Thanks to whomever found devoz and handed him a sample of this for me… I think? I know next to little about the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) or MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) in general, nor will I pretend to understand it. I can’t watch people do sports because I’d rather take part in a sport, even if […]

Peat’s Beast 27

Thanks to /u/xile_ for sharing a bottle of this with me (not in one sitting, just in purchase). This was supposed to be the last of a very big year-end tasting, and when I attempted to review a dram, I realized quickly I wasn’t doing it justice, and needed to revisit it. Which is for the best, […]

Laphroaig 25 2015

Thanks to /u/Throzen for the sample, poured as part of our year end tasting. We’re nearing the end of the tasting. For myself, at least. I’m pushing my ability to review at this point, have drunk enough water to clear out my system three times over, thought of baseball and spiders, and decided this is the last […]

Ledaig 19 2001 The Whisky Agency Heads & Tails, Canada

Thanks to /u/devoz for the sample poured as part of the “end of year” tasting we had. It’s in quotes as we didn’t mean the end of the lunar year, which we were also late for, thus I haven’t properly explained the quotes. To the next subject! As it’s our “special” tasting for the year, and we’re […]

Ben Nevis 27 1990 Le Gus’t Selection XV

I showed up to the year-end tasting with Ben Nevis. No, no, that undersells it: I showed up to the year end tasting with Ben Nevis 27 1990 Le Gus’t Selection XV. That has more gravitas. But we can still get better. I showed up to the year-end tasting with a Ben Nevis before it changed […]

Aultmore 17 2014 Cadenhead Small Batch

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_TO for pouring me a sample. My buddy shows up to whisky tastings with lots, and lots of whiskies. Which I appreciate, because… well, look around. I like to make jokes, taking them much too far due to my inability to understand social cues and rampant belief that no, it’s everyone else that’s wrong. Mix […]

North of Scotland 50 1970 Douglas Laing Xtra Old Particular The Black Series

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_TO for sharing a dram with me (and splitting the bottle with me) for the year end tasting. I’m not really nice to single grain whiskies, which is probably because I’m not a fan of drinking solvent. Granted I’m also Canadian, and our whiskies are majority single grain that’s aged in a cold climate, so […]

Glenrothes 21 1996 A.D. Rattray Cask Collection

Thanks to boyd86 for pouring the sample as part of the “year-end” tasting we had (in April). End of year is typically when my group of friends and I show up with a nicer bottle of whisky than what we’d normally have. It’s a fun excuse to drink through the bigger bottles/bottle splits we’ve gathered. Because it’s […]

Lagavulin 12 2021 Special Release

This is the final of my 2021 Special Release review series. Where is the Lagavulin 26? Sitting on a shelf of someone who makes more money in a day than I’ll ever see in my life in a way that most people would find soul crushing, why do you ask? Thus we’re at the end. […]