Whisky

This is a perfectly decent, affordable, every-day drinker. Benromach 10 Year Old / 43% Tasted neat Time to take a look at this older-label distillery bottling of Benromach 10 Year Old, a Speyside scotch whisky aged in “80% Bourbon barrels, 20% Sherry hogsheads with a final year in first fill Oloroso casks” [source]. …

The best thing in life aren’t NAS! Highland Park Cask Strength Batch 2 / 63.9% ABV Tasted neat This 2021 bottling of Highland Park I believe was part of a mandatory bundle I bought to get access to an Akkeshi, and so there are a few things that trouble me about it: No age statement (NAS) 63.9% ABV implies…

As I was with international cuisines, I considered myself open to trying all kinds of alcoholic beverages. And I have been doing so since I hit the legal drinking age. From vodka to tequila, Japanese sake to Korean soju, I was always exploring different types of drinks. Pretty soon, I…

I’d never admit to it socially, but I’m fascinated by ships and seafaring. Not modern stuff like super yachts or cargo monsters — well, actually that’s not strictly true. Many years ago, after graduating from university and having watched too much of Micheal Palin’s ‘Around the World in 80 Days’…

A not so secret distillery (who has the volume to sell this much to IB!) Port Askaig 12 Year Old Spring Edition 2020 / 45.8% Tasted neat A limited edition of 5,000 bottles, this un-named Islay branded Port Askaig 12 Year Old Spring Edition 2020 was a vatting of 18 ex-bourbon hogsheads from two vintages (2006 & 2007). …

This is one for intersectional lovers of whisky & red, european wine. GlenAllachie 2012 Vintage Cuvee Wine Cask Finish / 48% / £60 Tasted neat The GlenAllachie 2012 Vintage Cuvee Wine Cask Finish just barely missed being 10 years old, having been distilled in 2012, aged in ex-bourbon American oak, and then finished for 20 months in four types of premium…

First, a disclaimer. I occasionally drink whisky, mostly scotch over bourbon, and I do appreciate single malt over blends, but I am not…

Signatory Vintage’s Cask Strength Collection: always a good value, with occasional knockouts, and very few truly tragic expressions. Glenlivet 2006 Signatory 14 Year Old / 62.9% Tasted neat, then with a little bottled water This Glenlivet from Signatory Vintage’s Cask Strength Collection was distilled on 10/17/2006, left to mature for fourteen years in a first-fill sherry butt #901006…