Blended Malt 19 2001 Moonbroch The Whisky Agency

What was the occasion: Why it was a whisky tasting, and anyone who has been to more than one “fun” “BYOW” (bring your own whisky) tasting will tell you, there’s always a moment of awkward sobriety in which you look at what’s been brought, you look at everything, ask people if they have tasted their whisky […]

Two Stacks Smoke & Mirrors Imperial PX Finish

What was the occasion: Whisky tasting bitches! Wait, that sounds like I made whisky from female dogs… let’s start over. It’s a whisky tasting! Yeah, it’s been too long, and these are great. How are we starting? With a mystery from /u/devoz , of course. One he promises will wack my brain from here to Toledo, which is […]

Blended Malt 19 2001 Thompson Bros

The idea of a blended whisky makes sense: Blend multiple differently made whiskies together, make something better. We do that with food: You don’t see someone mainlining mayonnaise and demanding it to be drunk purely because it’s better. Granted I haven’t been to the US in half a decade, so maybe that’s happening down there. […]

Black Bull 40 Batch 1

Thanks to Whiskyjig for the sample. Sorry for the cloudy glass image. Trying 40-year-old whiskies is not a normal occurrence for me, what with my amazing idea to sell people oil that both cleans your hair and can be used in your car never taking up. I just think the world is not ready for it yet. […]

Two Stacks Dram in a Can

Thanks to my wife for buying me a can… I think. It’s whiskey in a can, I can’t wax philosophical about it. I started writing and then looked back at the empty can and… well, it’s whiskey in a can! Okay, I got that out of my system, let’s move on. Two Stacks is not, […]

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 […]

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, […]

Compass Box The Peat Monster Arcana

Thanks to /u/the_muskox [+7] for sharing this sample with me. I’ve written recently about peat being the proverbial milkshake that brings all the whisky nerds to the yard. Yes, I’m that old to make that quote. So if you’re a maker of a peated offering, what do you do? You are under the gun to continuously grow 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 […]

Old Perth 2 Ways [2200th whisky review]

Thanks to /u/the_muskox [+7] for these samples. It’s interesting looking back at my reviews, what I’d change, what I wouldn’t In the past few weeks there have been very vocal comments from whisky nerds on the Scotch subreddit. This is a sign of the subreddit growing, and if I’m being blunt it’s always been there. The old bogeyman […]