The Four Roses Small Batch (750 ml jumbo-sized nip)
Tasting notes: The first thing one notices in this hot water bottle-shaped bottle is the large mahogany-topped cork. (Note to self: Retain cork; serviceable as a [...]
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Four Roses Bourbon: Winner of the Malt Impostor’s 2010 Maltease Flacon Award
This makes us feel like we should change our name to The Corn Impostor–or maybe this just takes the meaning of our moniker to a whole new level. Now, technically, [...]
Picture Contest Winners
Our first attempt at a photo contest may have been well received in that many of you seemed to find the cat-with-whisky-bottle picture entertaining, but only one of you [...]
The Auchentoshan 10 (50 ml airline bottle)
Tasting notes: On the nose, mackerel served on a sherry-soaked cedar plank; on the mouth, the sensation of being locked in a leather valise with shavings from a hamster [...]
The Balvenie DoubleWood 12
Tasting notes: Our story begins when a plucky but otherwise indistinguishable Highland Scot is sent off to school in Kentucky. After almost twelve years–growing as [...]
Picture Contest!
The picture below inspired us to ask: Do you have a funny picture in which whisky (preferably a bottle) plays prominently? If so, send it to us at [...]
The Lagavulin 16
Tasting notes: As one breathes in the aroma of the Lagavulin 16, one cannot help but picture an angel lounging on a cloud of smoke produced by the burning body of a saint. [...]
The Stronachie 12 (50 ml airline bottle)
Tasting notes: Stronachie… Stronachie…. Where have I heard of this? Is it the name of a minor character in Verdi’s Un giorno di regno? Pasta [...]
The Highland Park 18 (50 ml airline bottle)
Tasting notes: The nose is akin to floating on a honey-coated raft on a sea of distilled and vitiated lilac. Like a cartoon, even with desperate back-paddling, the boat [...]
The MI’s Annual Pilgrimage to the Last Hurrah
In January of 2009, the three of us went, at John’s behest, to the Last Hurrah Bar in the Parker-Omni Hotel in Boston. The goal was to try several of the 1/2 ounce [...]
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