Arran 9 2012 North Star Spirits [Mystery]

Thanks to /u/devoz for sharing a sample of this dram. You giant pile of poop who I’m glad to call a friend. I try my best to avoid situations that make me feel out of touch and old. Personally I feel like Generation Z is amazing and alright. I try my best to look up new music […]

Old Forester Single Barrel Barrel Strength [Mystery]

Thanks to /u/smoked_herring [+2] for the sample. How do you, a non-regular bourbon drinker, test yourself in hard ways? Why not one, but two mystery bourbon reviews! I drank this blind. Only knew it was bourbon, and was to be drank second. It could have been great, it could have been bad. It could be aged totally in […]

Russell’s Reserve Private Barrel Bourbon (Calgary Co-Op Barrel)[Mystery]

Thanks to /u/smoked_herring for this sample. Let’s get the obvious out of the way: I don’t typically drink bourbon. I’m more of a Scotch and World Whisky drinker, that’s just my bias, oh, and also I live in a province where I can either find BTAC through simpler methods or I can’t find Buffalo Trace for months […]

Macallan Classic Cut 2019 [Mystery]

Thanks to scotchandponder for the mystery dram! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: That place was on fire when I showed up and I don’t know where my collection of oily rags is located at this time. In addition I’ve bemoaned the fact that when it comes to something, I’m not inherently gifted or […]

Cragganmore 12 Peated 2019 Special Release / Cragganmore 1989 Archives

I have a handful of bottle images that pop up when I think of Cragganmore. And perhaps that’s because I really only think of the standard Cragganmore and the Distiller’s Edition. So it was definitely time I drank more Cragganmore. That all said, getting a new Cragganmore means either waiting for an independent bottler to […]

The hunt for amazing Glenrothes

Glenrothes has always been “there”. It’s not typically on any (in my whisky group) “must buy” list, their OBs don’t really excite too many people (typically, and again, just from what I’ve read, YMMV), but they have their fans. I’m sure of it. Why? Because I’ve had them poured for me. And based on reviews, […]

Glendullan 23 1972 Rare Malts Selection

If I was to say I’m bad at trying all the distilleries, most people would (rightfully) call me out. What I am is bad at trying lower end whiskies when the chance arises because I only have so much liver in this life. I was already a multi-centenary Scotch reviewer when I first reviewed a […]

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 […]

Westland Peat Week 2016 [Mystery]

Thanks to /u/smoked_herring for this mystery dram. Peat. Does it go with everything? Is it like honey, that seemingly pairs well in all cases, from toast to sexy times to washing your hair? Or is it like peanut butter, which works for some of those things, and makes bears attack you in the other two cases? Westland […]

Amrut Oloroso Single Cask 4133 [Mystery]

Thanks to nsquare14 for this mystery. Amrut. Yeah, I didn’t know it was Amrut when I started, but safe bet I’ll enjoy an Amrut. devoz and I are big fans of the Indian single malt and have a fun competition where we try to out-review the other one. We also share quite a few drams. Enter a sherried […]