Beckham Discovers Long Lost American Brother In Stella Artois Super Bowl Ad
In a Super Bowl advertisement, English football legend David Beckham shares a European-style lager Stella Artois with his parents, who inform him that he has a “long lost brother” in the USA. Beckham, who previously touted The Haig Club whisky, is Stella Artois’s global ambassador. In “The Big News,” Beckham learns from his parents that […]
Buffalo Trace Reveals Second Prohibition Collection
Buffalo Trace Distillery has released their second annual Prohibition Collection, a limited edition set which includes commemorates five whiskies – Mirror Brook, Very Oldest Procurable (VOP), Anderson’s Belle, Old Fashioned Mountain Corn and Silver Wedding Rye Whiskey – legally produced and sold at the George T Stagg Distillery during Prohibition [1920-33]. During the Prohibition Era, […]
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Elmer T Lee Single Barrel
One bourbon I’d been reading about repeatedly all over the web is the Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel, named after the Master Distiller by the same name who joined the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky in the mid 20th century. Since what I’d been reading was praise on every account, my curiosity was naturally stoked, and I finally caved in and bought a bottle. $28 isn’t cheap, so needless […]
Dailuaine 27 Year Old
If you’re looking for a Christmas whisky but don’t enjoy Glenfarclas 15 – which is arguably the most Christmas-y drink you will find – I’d recommend you keep reading, because Dailuaine 27 from Master of Malt is a good contender for the honorable title of Christmas Dram of the Year 2011 – which I just made up now, and for which, if I’m honest, there are currently no other runners. […]
Johnnie Walker Green Label
Johnnie Walker is without doubt one of the most well-known whisky blends in the world, and for good reason; their whiskies never fail to offer not only good value for money, but indeed high quality regardless of price. For those of you who like to read a bit of distillery history with your review, I would recommend that you check out my review of the Johnnie Walker Black Label as […]
Jim Beam Black Aged 8 Years
This is an amusing review from Ryan, our bourbon specialist. Enjoy. When poet legend Robert Frost wrote, “Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold…” , he wasn’t only talking about nature. I have the sneaking suspicion he might have had a bourbon in his hand at the time. Now the holiday season has fallen upon us with a nip in the air and a nip on the […]
Blair Athol 12 Year Old
Located in the lovely town of Pitlochry, Blair Athol is, in my opinion, a distillery that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Even I have taken longer than I should to review one of their expressions, so I thought it about time to do so now. Thus I proudly present to you: Blair Athol 12 year old, a fine drink indeed. Diving straight into the aroma, it presents a very […]
Islay Series #3: Laphroaig
From Bruichladdich to the town Bowmore, this series outlining my recent trip to Islay will now detail our visit to the Laphroaig distillery – which, appropriately, was the second distillery we visited on our tour. The drive from Bowmore to Laphroaig took in the area of twenty minutes (which seems to be a common theme when driving around Islay) and brought us right through the peat bogs. Now, the peat […]
Glenfarclas Movember Whisky
Most of you will already be familiar with the ‘movember’ concept; the basic idea is that during the month of November, men grow silly (for the most part) mustaches and get sponsored for doing so – a bit like a “fun run”, except for the fact that movember is actually fun. The money raised goes towards men’s health issues, with focus on prostate and other cancers. In honor of this, […]
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Boring, meek, shallow, average, foul – these are all antonyms to the words that would best describe Ardbeg’s outstanding Uigeadail expression, which sits before me as I write this very review, smothering me with its luxurious peaty smoke. This isn’t the first Ardbeg review I’ve written (keen readers may remember by previous brown-nose reviews of Blasda, Renaissance and 10yr old and once again I am going to end up sounding […]
Renault Carte d’Argent XO
Whenever I review something other than whisky I feel the need to explain myself. As such, I was going to start this post by saying how, while whisky is king, it can occasionally be nice to tickle your taste buds with other drinks as well; having said that at least two handfuls of times already, however, I would feel silly doing so again. So, from here on out, I will […]
Mackmyra Reserve 3 Year Old
As regular readers of my little blog may remember, I have family in Sweden and as such I tend to visit at least once a year. Heck, we’re such good friends by now, you and I, that I suppose I may as well reveal that it is my dear parents who have moved here – that with one of them being Swedish, thus making me a half breed, they’ve retired […]
Old Pulteney 21 y.o. – 2012 whisky of the year in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible
Received this press-release that I thought was worth sharing with you. I’ve yet to try the 21 year old expression (I suspect it might be hard to come by these days though), but I found the 12 y.o. very interesting. Old Pulteney 21 Year Old scored a record-equalling 97.5/100 points and secured the World Whisky of the Year title in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2012, the 9th edition of the […]
Dallas Dhu 1976 28 Year Old
Dallas Dhu – it’s one of those names that you hear and go “hm, yeah.. I think I have had that, actually… a while back” but as soon as the words leave your confused tongue you know them to be untrue – too late to turn back now, though: “pretty decent, I seem to remember, nothing special”. Oh, you fool. You complete fool. Of course you’ve never had it! This […]
Opinion piece – whisky 100 points system
The whisky review scene is regularly abuzz with discussions on the value of the classic 100-point rating system which is so widely used amongst whisky reviewers. Should you wish to catch up on the debate, the best place to go would probably be the relatively recent ‘round table’ discussion over at the Jewish Single Malt Whisky Society, where 12 prominent whisky bloggers have shared their views. I didn’t originally intend […]
Ballechin Burgundy Matured
Most of you will, no doubt, have heard of Edradour. It is, to my knowledge, Scotland’s smallest distillery, and it uses the smallest stills as well. Located in Pitlochry, they produce a range of absolutely beautiful single malt whiskies. I read somewhere – unfortunately I can’t remember where – that Edradour used to be one of seven distilleries operating in Perthshire, but unfortunately none of the other six are running […]
Islay Series #2: Bowmore
It’s time to return to my Islay whisky tour, dear readers, and since I reviewed a distillery (Bruichladdich) in my last post, I shall change things up a bit with today’s entry and focus instead – ever so briefly, should I be capable of it – on the town that we used as our base. We decided to stay in Bowmore, which is on the west side of the island […]
Arizona High Spirits Whiskey
A little while ago I was contacted by a company called Arizona High Spirits. While it was the first time I heard of them, I gather that they are best known for their prickly pear (cactus) vodka and liqueur (which I shall search high and low for – sounds delicious!), though they also make a chilli flavored vodka, spiced rum, gin and, of course, whiskey! Now, the whiskey is a […]
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