Milk & Honey Young Single Malt – The Last One Batch 2

Thanks to my buddy Foster for pouring this for me. I’d love to be my normal fun-loving, dick-mentioning, awkward self for this review. I really would. But we’re reviewing whisky from a very political place. Yes, you could point out I’ve reviewed whisky from places that have done shitty things to varying degrees (multiple US […]

Mortlach 11 2009 Hunter Laing First Editions

Thanks to /u/devoz for pouring me this sample. During the tasting we realized that two of us had brought two different cask strength, Hunter Laing independently bottled single cask Mortlachs, both of which were picked out by one store as an exclusive. That store? Albert Einstein. No, wait, that’s wrong, it was Kensington Wine Market. So people […]

Bruichladdich The Ternary Project

I typically drink single malts. It’s not that I don’t like blends: You can find many blends, both of Scotch and not Scotch, that I’ve reviewed, enjoyed, etc. It’s just that the majority of blends are NAS, usually lower abv., and use more single grain to cut costs. Also this isn’t a true “blend”, as […]

Glenfiddich Cask Collection Select Cask

I’ve been attempting to find room in my whisky samples, and a while back realized some taller sample bottles I bought at duty-free had footprints that could be used for splits. Also the whisky is making its way throughout the apartment. As such, it’s time to review Glenfiddichs, so the next six reviews will be […]

Edradour Reviews, Two Ways [Distillery Exclusive & Edradourian Knights Pick]

Thanks to /u/forbiddenwaffle for pouring me the Cotes de Provence. I always have to ask this about every distillery: Are there hardcore fans? It’s easy to find fans of Islay products: They are everywhere. It’s like bunnies in a field: They keep propagating and you can always find them. It gets harder as you go to other […]

Cardhu 14 2021 Special Release

This is a continuation of my ongoing self reflection of Diageo as a whisky reviewer. All done by reviewing the 2021 Special Releases of Diageo. Much easier than therapy or mindfulness. Buying Cardhu isn’t easy near me. We don’t have lots of Cardhu come through. You have the standard 12-year-old OB bottling. And… that’s what’s […]

Kilnaughton Secret Islay 2021 Cooper’s Choice

Thanks to devoz for letting me pour a sample of this. Let’s just sit with this for a second: You’re a person who is shopping for whisky. There’s a chance that you aren’t looking up what you buy on the internet. I’d actually wager it’s a certainty, more than just a good chance. You come upon Kilnaughton Secret […]

Ledaig 12 2008 Amarone Cask Finish

Another Ledaig? Sure, another Ledaig. For a distillery I consistently mention as being too expensive and that I have to get over because it’s hard to find, I certainly have been reviewing it a bunch, eh? I’m a peat head, what can I say. So I’m a hypocrite, we’ve cemented that, however with whisky bars […]

Glen Scotia (2021 Campbeltown Festival / Single Cask)

Is there an updated, not old version of Jan from the Brady Bunch? I don’t know of one, so I’m going to go with it. Glen Scotia is the Jan of Campbeltown. No, I don’t know if anyone who owns it or works there says “Springbank! Springbank! Springbank!” in a whiney pre-teen way, and I […]

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 […]