John | The Malt Impostor

The Simply Whisky “Dream Big” (4 Year Old Balcones Straight Corn Whiskey)

October 15, 2021

Tasting notes:From the start, this 65.7% abv whiskey noses like something that a corner man keeps in his bag when the fight reaches the late rounds. Which is to say, [...]

The Port Askaig 28 Year Old (45.8%)

September 23, 2021

Tasting notes:Right away, on the nose, I think, this is a dram for journeys. And just like that I’m on a reed raft drifting down the Amazon. The smell of the wet reeds [...]

The Waterford Dunmore 1.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey

July 9, 2021

Tasting notes:The beautiful cobalt bottle lets out a spangled stream of whiskey that I can smell right as it hits the glass. Notes of lilacs rolled up into a hay bale [...]

The Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength (Batch 20)

June 23, 2021

Tasting notes:After nearly twelve years, we Impostors have learned a few things. This despite our best efforts to remain gustatory tabulae rasae. We have learned, [...]

The Singleton of Dufftown 17 Year Old 2020 Special Release

May 8, 2021

Tasting notes:In the interest of full disclosure, whenever I see a Dufftown expression I imagine that it comes from the fictional Springfield, not the mythical [...]

The Pittyvaich 30 Year Old 2020 Special Release

March 14, 2021

Tasting notes:My initial inspection of this spun-gold liquid is like that of a single kaleidoscope image. I get at first a preposterous array of sensations that I [...]

The M&H (Milk & Honey) Elements Sherry Cask

February 24, 2021

Tasting notes:Sometimes sherry cask whiskies take time to open up. You know it, I know it. But sometimes it’s fun to just go after it and see what happens. [...]

The Glenmorangie A Tale of Cake

January 29, 2021

Tasting notes:First, a word about the label. It’s somehow both soft and bold. It seems to take design elements from Gustav Klimt and David Hockney, and yet [...]

The Lordly Blended Whisky

January 18, 2021

[This product of France is a blend of Scottish and French whiskies finished in Cognac casks.] Tasting notes:We start with the stopper. Because that’s where it all [...]

The Bib & Tucker 6 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey (Batch 22)

December 20, 2020

Tasting notes:This noses up nicely with corn, honey, magnolia blossoms, and perfume. A touch of wood and…is it a whiff of cultured butter sitting out in the sun, in [...]

Articles by John