*Thanks to the good folks at Impex Beverages for the sample. Auchroisk...the distillery says that it is pronounced Auck-Roysk, but apparently the locals beg to differ and pronounce it Ack-Rask...or Ath-Rask. Those last two look different enough to me that it seems like the locals are just begging to differ all over the place, but what do I know? … Continue reading Chieftain’s 1995 Auchroisk 16 Year Old – Review
Month: May 2012
Acme Bar & Company, Berkeley – A Review
You know that bar you dream about where the booze selection is great, the service friendly and knowledgeable, the decor unassuming, and the chance of hanging out on a Friday night without body-crushing crowds and/or soul-crushingly awful music is actually pretty good? Well, it exists...in Berkeley, CA...next door to a post office. Located in a … Continue reading Acme Bar & Company, Berkeley – A Review
Isle of Skye 12 Year Old – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at Impex Beverages for the sample. Dunvegan Castle, sitting on the shores of Loch Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, has been the traditional home of the MacLeod Clan for the better part of nearly 800 years. Since the Isle of Skye brand is owned by Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd., … Continue reading Isle of Skye 12 Year Old – Review
Kilchoman Inaugural 100% Islay – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at Impex Beverages for the sample. The word "terroir", liberally tossed around with reckless abandon by the wine world, is a more nebulous and even dubious term when occasionally tossed around by marketers in the whisk(e)y world. A loose definition of the word could be "a sense of place", more … Continue reading Kilchoman Inaugural 100% Islay – Review
Where the hell have I been, you ask?
Yes, I realize this blog's been a little quiet lately...sorry about that. I don't like to make excuses but I've got plenty of them, and since I make excuses all the time, I'm certainly not going to stop now. So what gives, where the hell have I been? Well, for the better part of the last … Continue reading Where the hell have I been, you ask?
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