*A huge thank you to Master of Malt, not only for the sample, but for being a part of this in the first place! Starting in Australia over a decade ago and spreading around the globe like a sexy five-o-clock shadow, Movember is now an international, month-long awareness and fund-raising campaign focusing on men's health … Continue reading Master of Malt’s Glenfarclas Movember 2011 – Review
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Blackadder Raw Cask 1993 Tullibardine 17 Year Old – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at Impex Beverages for the sample. Though Tullibardine is a pretty young distillery, being built in 1949, whisky was not the first refreshing beverage produced on that particular piece of land. According to the distillery, it was built on the site of an ancient brewery that won no small amount … Continue reading Blackadder Raw Cask 1993 Tullibardine 17 Year Old – Review
Canadian Club Sherry Cask – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at Shift Communications and Canadian Club for the sample. The "cask-finished" thing is mostly a Scotch modus operandi. There has been a great deal of experimentation over the last 20 years, transferring whisky that's been aging in one type of barrel into another type for a usually shorter period of … Continue reading Canadian Club Sherry Cask – Review
The Dalmore 18 Year Old – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at the Baddish Group for the sample. Rising up on either side of the Cromarty Firth's narrow opening are two 400' promontories known as "The Sutors". Sutor...or more accurately "Souter" is Scots for cobbler or shoemaker, and according to local legend, these two facing bluffs act as the workbenches for … Continue reading The Dalmore 18 Year Old – Review
Isle of Jura Superstition – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at the Baddish Group for the sample. (Had to do it...you can never hear that song too many times.) Superstitions are really pretty silly when you come right down to it. For example, there's almost no way stepping on a crack could break a mother's back, but they'd never come … Continue reading Isle of Jura Superstition – Review
Kilchoman Spring 2011 Release – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at Impex Beverages for the sample. So it seems that back in the good ol' days, if you consider the good ol' days to be right around 1600 A.D., there was a little dust-up between Clan MacDonald and Clan Maclean... Islay's answer to the Hatfields and McCoys, if you … Continue reading Kilchoman Spring 2011 Release – Review
The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at The Baddish Group for the sample. Ahhh, the fickle, occasionally brain-dead consumer...ok, "brain-dead" is perhaps going to far, how about the fickle, occasionally unimaginative consumer? The Dalmore, for years, had produced their well-loved "Cigar Malt", yet they had a bit of a marketing conundrum. The name, it seemed, was … Continue reading The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve – Review
Aberlour 12 Year Old, Double Cask Matured – Review
Let me just say right off the bat that I've never been to the quiet little village of Charlestown of Aberlour which lies just down the A95 from the Aberlour Distillery, so please don't take this as any sort of travelogue or destination review...or, for that matter, thanks to a very limited travel budget at the … Continue reading Aberlour 12 Year Old, Double Cask Matured – Review
Chieftain’s 1992 Ardmore 18 Year Old – Reviewed
*Thanks to the good folks at Impex Beverages for the sample. The Highland version of Ardmore (in the early 1800's there was an Ardmore distillery on Islay that was eventually bought by Lagavulin) was built in 1898 by Adam Teacher, the son of Teacher's Highland Cream founder William Teacher. It's distinct, peated Highland character instantly … Continue reading Chieftain’s 1992 Ardmore 18 Year Old – Reviewed
Chieftain’s 1999 Glendullan 11 Year Old – Review
*Thanks to the good folks at Impex Beverages for the sample. Yet another distillery under Diageo's extremely large umbrella that's rarely seen outside its role as a blend ingredient. In Glendullan's case, it has been bottled under the Singleton name since 2007 as a 12 year old, but not currently in any other distillery release. … Continue reading Chieftain’s 1999 Glendullan 11 Year Old – Review
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