Mortlach 22 Single Malts of Scotland

Thanks to /u/devoz for pouring me a sample of this. A few years ago Mortlach interested me. There weren’t OBs readily available near me and it was a Speyside. Oh, and all the ones I kept finding were older drams. This hit or miss, only older dram entries skewed a few of my views. At one point […]

Glenturret 30 1986 Cooper’s Cask / Glenturret Hydra II 7 Peated Port Pipe

Thanks to /u/throzen for sharing this dram. Glenturret, turns out, comes in peated and unpeated. I came to the Glenturret party somewhat late. I’d be lying if it wasn’t partially due to the only place recommending it was a weeaboo who read about it in a manga. And while I’m not completely throwing the baby out with […]

Glenburn 25 1994 A.D. Rattray Cask Collection

Thanks to /u/throzen for sharing a dram of this. Glenburn 25 1994 A.D. Rattray Cask Collection. Interesting. Never had a Glenburn. Let’s see what I can find out from others. Oh. Nothing. Well let’s see what I can google… You know. Glenburn. That distillery people talk about.… It’s… made… dammit… what is this? Why does no one […]

Glen Moray 20 1998 Cadenhead Single Cask

Thanks to Throzen for the dram. When someone brings out a Glen Moray at a tasting, and this is only because we’re utterly spoiled, there’s a general feeling of… Okay. Like having pork chops. Not big thick properly made pork chops that are put into a sous vide and super juicy. I’m talking about weeknight salt and […]

Miltonduff SMWS 72.65 “Winter Comforts”

This is the worst whisky I’ve ever had. Oh, I’m sorry, were you expecting a fun ride where I explain what this is and maybe trying a simple bait and switch? No, we’re cutting to the chase here. I showed up to a tasting with a mystery. Miltonduff SMWS 72.65 “Winter Comforts”, a SMWS release that […]

Dewar’s 32

Thanks to /u/devoz for sharing this with me. Forbes magazine likes to pump out a whisky article at least once a year that makes me question the entire state of journalism. Yes, there are journalists covering more important aspects and doing it correctly (and sometimes doing it very poorly) that should evoke more reaction but I’m some […]

Floki Icelandic 2017 Young Malt Sheep Dung Reserve

Thanks to /u/distillasian for the sample. When someone mentions Iceland, you don’t think of whisky. Probably because there’s only one distillery making whisky there. But it exists, and every so often it pops up. Someone brings in a sample of either young malt or actual whisky coming from the small nation. I enjoyed visiting Iceland. The food […]

Scapa SMWS 17.35 “Very fruity, very tasty”

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_To for sharing this with me. Scapa. How many Scapa have you had? Not many. Me too. They just don’t pop up. I’ve had maybe three (one of them was under a different name), and that’s nearly bragging country if I didn’t both have a safe way to be confident and viewing it as a […]

Johnnie Walker 10 Triple Grain American Oak / Johnnie Walker 10 Select Casks – Rye Cask Finish

Thanks to twiddleDD for these samples. I don’t avoid blends, I merely weep for their current state. I’ve said it before that grain whisky takes a long time to be flavourful. So when you then take said grain whisky and then mix it with a blend that has an age statement denoting that the required amount of […]

Hazelburn 14 Rum Single Cask

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuy_TO for pouring me a dram. Rum Casks. Or as I call them, a trap. Look, you can argue however you like: Rum casks are variable, I’ve had few of them where the rum matured or rum finished just… completely shat the bed. To use the technical term. Enter Hazelburn 14 Rum Single Cask. Yes, that’s […]