The Arran 16 (30 ml mini of 92 proof, non-chill-filtered goodness)
Tasting notes:The Arran 16 year old nose is simultaneously understated and spilling over the brim of the glass like the rolling clouds of a stereotypical [...]
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The Single Cask Nation Glen Moray 12
Tasting notes: The Single Cask Nation Glen Moray 12 yo opens like sitting in a Mission-style chair in Santa Fe next to an artisanal candle flecked with [...]
The Malt Impostors Abroad: The Impostors visit Highland Park
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Let’s be clear. When we met Steph Ridgway, she was kind enough to pour us a sample of Highland Park 25, which naturally endeared her to us. We talked with her [...]
The Malt Impostors Abroad: The Impostors visit the Ardbeg Café
We’d spent the morning at Bruichladdich, and at the end, Jim McEwan had been holding court. We didn’t want to leave, but we were on an important [...]
The Malt Impostors Abroad: The Impostors visit Bowmore
[In what follows, rather than attempt a complete description of all that befell us and all that we learned, I’ve focused on those snippets that were particularly [...]
The Chieftain’s Glenrothes 15 Year 1997
Tasting notes: Opening with pared lemon wedges sautéed in lemon oil and limoncello, sprinkled with lemon zest. Lemon soufflé crème brûlée. Lemon seltzer water [...]
The Whisky Guild’s Boston Whisky Cruise 2013
It’s hard to know where to begin, in part because a blur contains no narrative threads; at best, a crazy-quilt. Hence, I’ll begin at the end. Much like the [...]
The Balblair 2000-2010
Tasting notes: The Balblair 2000 was distilled in 2000 (a curious coincidence?) and bottled in 2010. Paper, pencil, mental exertion, abacus, pregnant [...]
The Karuizawa 1964 48 year-old Whisky
[This amazingly luxe whisky came to us from an outfit called Wealth Solutions out of Poland (via Master of Malt), and it came in a presentation box made of petrified [...]
The Single Cask Nation Arran 12 Pinot Cask
Tasting notes: The Single Cask Nation Arran Pinot cask #4, abv 54.8% suffers from pinot envy. It’s favorite Disney movie is Pinotcchio (but only if it had been [...]
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