Whisky Party

The Wall Street Journal has a very interesting article posted this weekend about the evolution/heresy of “scotch on the rocks,” and how the…

In looking at the Tuthilltown website, I saw that they offer the option to purchase a barrel of whiskey. It’s something I’ve always wanted…

Port Ellen 7th Annual Release (Quarter Bottle, 28 years old)

Going back about a month, a great Christmas gift was bestowed upon me. It was a visit, tour, and tasting at Tuthilltown, “New York’s first…

I wanted to post my impressions of the tasting I went to with WhiskyParty at Heights Chateau in Brooklyn back on June 9th, 2009. All in all…

A few years ago, I stumbled across the best deal on whisky in all of Brooklyn.

Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey is an American whiskey in the single malt style distilled in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2004, it is one of…

In an unfortunate turn of events, The Edrington Group, owners of Macallan, Glen Rothes, Highland Park, and Tamdhu, mothballed the latter…

We’ve already reviewed Trader Joe’s Tomatin 10 (available in CA), and Dan didn’t have much love for it. But fortunately for the right-most…

As regular readers know, late last year the Whisky Party crew put together a group of friends to purchase a 3 gallon barrel of single malt…

At the end of our very interesting tour of the Tuthilltown Spirits’ distillery we enjoyed a tasting session in their quaint farmhouse/shop…

Springbank is one of the few surviving Campbeltown whiskies, which was once the dominant whisky producing region of Scotland. The…

Cheers from Addis Ababa. I managed to purchase a Springbank Cask Strength 12 year old ($62 duty free) from the Le Clos liquor shop in DXB…

Though I tasted the Whisky on August 1st, Swiss National Day, it took me a little while to get these notes up. You can read more about my…

Here’s another installment of our ongoing series, 40 Under $40, but this time we’ve chosen our first American product for the list– the…

Thanks to the SMWSA for the sample -StrongLikeCask

With just its single set of stills, the northern-most distillery on the Scottish mainland has been working hard over the last decade to…

Old Pulteney is a Highland whisky, and the northern-most distillery on the Scottish mainland. Located in the coastal harbor town of Wick…

Where to start with the Grand Old Parr? First, it’s a bottle you’d expect to remember from your grandfather’s shelf. It’s opaque brown…

Rosebank is considered to be one of the great, lost distilleries along with Port Ellen and Brora — now-closed distilleries that were…

Beloved by collectors, and found on the shelf of every bar — from local dives to high-end restaurants — there are few names in single malt…

The Macallan is a brand that is no stranger to either the whisky novice or the whisky expert. And with good reason; Macallan has a long…

In the early 20th century Suntory Ltd. was primarily an importer of Spanish wines but began to make its own plum-based dessert liquor. In…

While there is some debate as to whether Lismore is a vatted or single malt, or even a blend, it is essentially an independent bottling of…

Laphroaig 6.5 year Un-chillfiltered, bottled by Signatory (dist. 2000)

Laphroaig is one of my favorite distilleries. I’m a huge Islay fan in general, but the raw, overpowering smokey, peatiness of Laphroaigs is…

If you ever have the good fortune of finding yourself at a Friends of Laphroaig event, Simon Brooking, the distillery’s ambassador to the…

Today’s whisky needs something of an introduction. Technically it is a single cask Laphroaig 11 year old. However, it comes from the Scotch…

Not for wee boys