Thanks to /u/devoz for sharing this dram with me. Alberta is currently a hot topic in Canada. There’s some history there which I won’t be getting into. I won’t be opening that particular can of worms here. That said, it is the origin and part of the name of the whisky I’ll be reviewing today, Alberta Premium Cask […]
Read More Alberta Premium Cask StrengthIt’ s no lie that I find something endearing about Bruichladdich, and I don’t think I’m alone in that. The company is such an underdog. It had issues, the casks were bad, and someone came along and through connections and money and a lot of gumption and probably more so money they re-racked the every-loving-hell […]
Read More Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte, & Octomore: 10 ReviewsThe first time I had Linkwood it was chosen for me blind because my equally perverted partner thought it was funny to laugh about a certain Nintendo character getting a boner. Yeah, I lucked out on meeting someone amazing. Try not to be jealous. Since then I’ve had a few more, though it’s not the […]
Read More Three Linkwood ReviewsI’ve never been to Islay. There was some discussion of going this year, with friends, kinda stalled a bit, then was pushed off to another year, and then even the replacement plans have gotten a bit rough. I hope that someday when life has changed again, I can visit Isly for Feis Ile. Or around […]
Read More Three Lagavulin ReviewsI haven’t given up on Glen Elgin yet. Really I’ve given up on very few scotch distilleries, but we can wait until I get to those ones to list them. Back to the distillery at hand: You don’t hear much about Glen Elgin. They pop up in IBs here and there, otherwise, it’s not a […]
Read More Glen Elgin 20 1995 Adelphi Cask 3220Thanks to /u/devoz for this sample. I like it when things buck the trends. Perhaps it’s some callback to watching 6 days worth of SLC Punk, perhaps it’s because I was picked on because I was geeky, perhaps it’s media getting into my head that an underdog is always the way. Perhaps I looked at too much […]
Read More Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection 1838 Style White Corn“Yeah, I’m a peat head. Islay’s are great!” That’s probably something I would have said back in the day when I was ignorant of where whiskies come from and the fact that anyone could use peat regardless of where they live didn’t cross my mind. However here we are, weeks past that point, and I […]
Read More Three Talisker ReviewsSpringbank. The name conjures up quality, because they haven’t skimped on their processes, and high prices, because we all know the whisky is good, and therefore buy it. I have a hard time speaking about Springbank for this reason. I love Springbank. My first review was the standard 10, and while I feel I was […]
Read More A bevy of Springbank Reviews“It tastes like Werthers but grew into something different” “Cool, sold” And that’s how I ended up buying Glenrothes 9 2007 Gordon & MacPhail Co-Op. This isn’t a record scratch moment: I happened to be on vacation (oh, back in those yesterdays of happy times). I was in a province that didn’t have crazy restrictive Byzantine […]
Read More Glenrothes 9 2007 Gordon & MacPhail Co-OpThanks to a good friend for pouring me this dram “Hey, want a Glenlossie?” Silence. “It was bottled by Maltbarn” Alright, now we’re talking, where’s my glass? Yeah, I’m not going hunting for Glenlossie normally. I’m a biased, angry old grump who has reviewed enough Speyside scotches that I am basically a foolish Disney villain […]
Read More Glenlossie 22 1997 Maltbarn
