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. [...]
Articles by John
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 [...]
The GlenAllachie 18 Year Old
Tasting notes:Ah, this noses up with a propitious mustiness. My heart races, and my mind briefly reels. I am certain that I feel its ennobling effects just as palpably as if [...]
The Westland Cask Exchange Series: Silver City Brewing
[This is another in a series of Westland bottlings that feature ex-Westland casks that Westland then lent to a brewery, which then aged some of their beer in them, then gave [...]
Old Forester Single Barrel Bourbon Norfolk Wine and Spirits Exclusive (Floor 1, Warehouse k, 45% abv)
Tasting notes:“The Briar Patch,” says the sign on the door. And as the name implies, everyone inside is happy to have found it. We get the lacquer of a coronet that [...]
The Single Malts of Scotland Caol Ila 10 Year Old (58.3% abv)
Tasting notes:The first whiff is a classic aroma from a Mother’s Day breakfast made by an 8-year old daughter who is in the “magical glitter rainbow unicorn” [...]
The Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2019 Special Release
Tasting notes:This Islay gem has a comely nose. One might even say pulchritudinous, but that is a word that sounds so different from what it means that I abjure its use. [...]
Copyright © 2024 | Website powered by Locks Lodge