Lot 40 18 Cask Strength

Thanks to blaw84 for the sample. Thank you @primetimedinner on Twitter for the image, if you’d prefer I don’t use it, please message me. Canada: That place you used to think was Northern US Shangri-la, and then we ended up with Trump if he was racist Millhouse. Guess that’s what happens when you genocide a whole […]

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 […]

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, […]

Irish 31 1990 Archives

We’re well past the point where one can ignore Irish whiskey. Who made this? I don’t know. Don’t care at this point. Seriously, in 1972 there were only two whiskey distilleries in operation in Ireland. And both were owned by Irish Distillers (the company). Compare that to 1887, when there were 28 in total. As […]

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 […]

Starward Malt Whisky

Thanks to /u/georgejessel for sharing this dram with me. Australia. A land that evokes rugged territory, vast impacts of conservative pants-on-head policies, rampant colonialism, and a smattering of animals that would kill you quickly. It also evokes a rough group of people who seem like they’d be buds with you, assuming you’re white. So not too different […]

An Ample Amount of Amruts

I’ve been writing a bit lately about moving on from old distilleries. Which is tough. No one wants to stop buying a specific distillery’s offerings due to price increases, changes in how it’s being made, or even situations where it becomes so popular that you have to camp out to purchase it. Which usually means […]

Omar 4 2013 Cask Strength [cask 21130066]

Thanks to /u/Throzen for pouring this dram. So far, as part of the tasting, I’ve mostly had Scotch. One Irish whiskey, but otherwise only Scotch. Anyone who reads my stats shouldn’t be surprised: I mostly review Scotch. It’s that simple. I live in a country where higher end whisky doesn’t have a market (yet). I’m directly north […]

Irish Single Malt 17 2002 The Whisky Agency

Thanks to ScotchGuy_TO for sharing this dram Quick version: Finally was able to go to a tasting. This is a review of one of the checks notes Holy FUCK 12 whiskies? Damn, I went hard like Colossus eating nothing but Viagra for a week! Irish whiskey has changed even in my short (roughly 10 years) time having whiskey as […]

Paul John 7 2011 Cadenhead World Whiskies – Individual Cask

Years ago speaking about Indian whisky meant you were discussing one of those things: Either you had bought it in India, and it was questionably whisky in name only (and actually was closer to a rum), or you bought either an Amrut or a Paul John and people had a concerned look when you brought […]