Usquaebach – pronounced “oos-ke-bah”, blends goes as far back as the 1700's, which marks it as one of the significant Scottish Whiskies of our time. Although it is a blend, and not a single malt on its own, it...
Launched in November 2014 at an immersive event themed around the George Orwell novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" - as it is well-known that the author escaped to the island of Jura to write his dystopian vision of the future.
Matured in...
We had the opportunity to try this dram at the beginning of our whisky careers, meaning when we actually had very little to zero appreciation for any type of whisky especially the peated casks. So we ordered it again...
Name: The Arran Single Malt Amarone Cask Finish
Region: Island, Scotland
Nose: Lemon, Roses and Floral Wine Sweetness, Dry Sherry
Palate: Cloves, Sherry, Apples, Dry Figs
Finish: Cinnamon, Figs, long Sweet Finish, 1 drop of water makes it sweeter
Master Distiller Willie Pratt selects the barrels that go into the 20 Year Old Bourbon from the warehouse as they reach that fine stage of maturity.
Michters should be the epitome of what other distillers should aim to achieve. Until...
Japan has been showing a major force in the Whisky market. They have some great whiskies already, the Yamazaki is a solid favorite and affordable whisky, the Hibiki, the Nikka, Hukushu and a few others. However, this is something...
From around 800AD until 1468, Orkney was ruled by a succession of Viking Earls, some extremely wise and some, it has to be said, extremely wicked. Their stories are brought vividly to life in the Orkneyinga Saga – The History...
This uncut and unfiltered straight rye whiskey is part of Buffalo Trace’s popular Antique Collection. Some history on this product: Named after the New Orleans bartender who first used rye whiskey in the Sazerac Cocktail, this uncut and unfiltered Straight...
This week my gf and I made our way to our favorite local Brooklyn bar and restaurant Wheated.
We decided to keep going with our Bourbon experimentation. We have tried so many different single malts that switching it up once...
Islay whisky never tasted so good. So my girlfriend and I are very fortunate to not only have this great love and passion for whisky but also that we have jobs where we can afford the finer things in...
