Johnnie Walker Blue Ghost & Rare Port Ellen

It’s a pretty well known idea now that various high-end whiskies are there just to collect dust and show how rich you are, right? Like a perfect looking, does nothing spouse, or an expensive car, or most types of recreational boats, all the way up to a house so large your family gets lost in […]

GlenAllachie 6 2012 The Whisky Company

Glenallachie has recently hit the whisky circles. Probably because Ralfy talked about it. And while I tip my hat to anyone reviewing whisky, I get a tad worried when it happens. Please don’t take me saying this is on Ralfy, in some way: He’s allowed to try things and make sure people know about them. […]

Bunnahabhain 12 2003 The Ultimate

Thanks to ScotchGuy_TO for sharing this dram. “The Best Laid Plans of mice and men often go awry.” I had a plan to review multiple Bunnahabhains again. I did one, and then due to a global supply chain issue, I was not able to review the others. So this review has been languishing, awaiting me to give […]

Linkwood Lunar Crater: Humboldt 12 2008 Scotch Universe

Linkwood has become that distillery that I try and wonder why I tried it again and again. What started as my wife ordering it because she connected a sick joke about a certain Nintendo hero and a slang term for sausage become a confusing mixture of me deciding if I like the distillery or not. […]

Great Islay Swim Explorer’s Cask – Quarter Cask Single Cask Nation

Creating things is difficult. You don’t want to just change something slightly: You want to make something new. You want to be the Beatles, not Oasis, if you will. We’ll see who that angers. But you also have to ask the old question: Maybe this hasn’t been done before not because you’re an artistic genius, […]