Brora

Tasting notes: The redoubtable whisky opens with a whiff of smoke.  My first thought is that it’s the smoke of a magic trick.   This is a real abracadabra, presto chango [...]

Tasting notes: The Brora 38 Diageo release has a majestic nose. By that, I don’t mean it has a Hapsburg nose, or a Roman nose; rather indeed it is as if a giant nose were [...]

Tasting notes: For three years straight, Diageo has graced the world with a Brora special release, which means for three straight years I’ve asked if Brora means [...]

Tasting notes: Tasting brilliant expressions from shuttered distilleries is bittersweet.  I feel like an anthropologist stumbling upon a civilization that mysteriously [...]

Tasting notes: The nose opens with anise and fruit and lemon pepper pasta dipped in a fast-hardening gelatin before being deftly tied into a bow tie (an actual bow tie, not [...]