The Glenmorangie 25 Year/Quarter Century
Tasting notes: Ben Franklin said that beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. What, then, might he say of the distillation of beer into [...]
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The Glenfarclas Movember 2011 Master of Malt Bottling
[This is one Master of Malt sent us to celebrate Movember (see our Disclaimer about Master of Malt samples here). After our abject failure on getting the Cragganmore 21 [...]
The Big Peat Islay Malt
Tasting notes: This is remarkably clear in the glass. Like a blanco tequila poured into a Riedel stemware and swirled under a photo tent. But it soon becomes clear that [...]
The Angel’s Envy Bourbon
Tasting notes: This is one dark and ruby red whiskey! And the legs grip the walls of the glass like Karo corn syrup poured all over the shelves of a walk-in refrigerator [...]
The Kilchoman Spring 2010 Release
Tasting notes I suppose every child remembers one of Aesop’s fables. This Kilchoman expression calls to mind the fable of the crow and the pitcher. No, it’s not [...]
The Wemyss Spice King 8
Tasting notes: In the glass a wonderful copper color, like your uncle’s collection of Indian head pennies rapidly transforming from the highly collectable grade of AU 58 [...]
The Hudson Baby Bourbon Whiskey
Tasting notes: It is nighttime. The camera pans over several hungry cowboys tucking in to their dinner. (It’s burrito night.) The rattle of spoon inside an empty [...]
The Malt Impostor’s One Year Maltiversary!
One year ago today, we posted our first set of tasting notes. Since then, we’ve come a long way, thanks to all of our readers and thanks to recognition [...]
The Malt Impostor’s visit to the Tuthilltown Distillery
Recently, the three of us embarked on our first official distillery tour as Malt Impostors to the acclaimed Tuthilltown Distillery. We arrived just days after Tuthilltown [...]
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 [...]
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