The Port Askaig 28 Year Old (45.8%)
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 [...]
Articles by John
The Waterford Dunmore 1.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
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)
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
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
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
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
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
[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)
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 [...]
The Warenghem Roof Rye Double Maturation French Whisky (46% abv)
Tasting notes:They say that in the land of blind nosing, the one nostril man is king. [Stephen: No. No one says this.] I mention this because my left [...]
Copyright © 2021 | Website powered by Locks Lodge