Glen Grant 23 1985 First Cask Whisky Import Nederland

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuyTo for sharing this dram. Glen Grant isn’t something I typically go after. The ones I’ve had haven’t been what you’d call “life-changing” or “nice tasting” or in some cases “edible”. And that’s tough because when you start getting on that path it’s tough to try another whisky from that same distillery. Why? Because this […]

Monumental 30 Alexander Murray & Co

Thanks to /u/ScotchGuyTo for sharing this dram There’s always a question that people have: Why are you in my house? Where’s my family? Why are you doing this? Why are you a doll? Wait, it was the guy lying dead in the chamber the whole time? That’s not a twist, that’s bullshit… Fuck, there’s 9 of these? […]

Cask-Strength Caol Ila: Some Reviews

Caol Ila is the powerhouse of the cell. Oh, wait. No, that’s not right at all. I mean, it’s not even the mitochondria either but they both get in good amounts of work. Caol Ila is the industrial hard worker of Islay. Based on that, you’d probably expect their releases to be peated, not much […]

Cadenhead Robust Smokey Embers 25

Thanks to /u/dramfine for this dram. Cadenhead Robust Smokey Embers 25 is a blended malt of Ardbeg, Bowmore, & Caol Ila. All of them were vatted together in a second maturation for four years in a 2nd fill Sherry Hogshead. This is batch numero 3. I mean, do I need to say more here? Really? It’s three Islay […]

Multiple Campbeltown Whiskies

I was interested in Scotch when I first went to Scotland. And kudos to the Scotch Whisky Experience. I went through it, they gave me the basics as a base for me to get wrong and be corrected and grow. For instance, they poured one from almost every Scotch region. Yes, almost. They talked about […]

3 Ardmore Reviews

My proclivities to specific distilleries are at odds with one of my whisky reviewing morals. There’s never going to be a distillery that I’ll turn down reviewing because there’s always going to be at least one whisky from them I’ll like. That said, I do get into times when I want a specific whisky. And […]

Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte, & Octomore: 10 Reviews

It’ 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 […]

Three Linkwood Reviews

The 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 […]

Glen Elgin 20 1995 Adelphi Cask 3220

I 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 […]

Three Talisker Reviews

“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 […]