The Cragganmore 20 Year Old 2020 Special Release
Tasting notes:On the nose, this dram opens with a bit of furniture polish, but that and the general intensity of the flavors are the only hint of the 55.8% abv we got there. [...]
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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 Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey
Tasting notes:The Uncle Nearest’s nose blows opens with me writing on a chert blackboard using chalk alternately dipped in honey, then molasses, then slightly-waxy melted [...]
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 Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey
Tasting notes:This whiskey reminds me, appropriately enough, of my childhood in Tennessee. Not that I drank whiskey as a child there–I did not–but more that the [...]
The Domaine de Charron Armagnac Fanciful Flight
We now interrupt your regularly scheduled whisk(e)y review for a discussion of a fanciful flight of Domaine de Charron Armagnacs, all of which are single vintage. This is in [...]
The Waterford Dunbell 1.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
[All the Waterford whiskies we were sent are 50% abv and made from locally-grown Irish barley. Trying four of the first five releases gave us the chance to assess [...]
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 [...]
In Memoriam: Gable Erenzo (1980-2021)
Today we got the tragic news that Gable passed away in his sleep two nights ago. We are gutted, simply gutted. For the industry, this is a massive loss. He was too young. We [...]
The Dalwhinnie 30 Year Old 2020 Special Release
Tasting notes:On the nose, we got lemon treacle with a thin stream of melted dark chocolate included just to see if the master of the house would notice (he didn’t). [...]
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