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The Simply Whisky “Good Times” (8 Year Old Single Grain Irish Whiskey 45.6%)

November 30, 2020

Tasting notes:On the nose, I find some great, high register notes: lemon curd, caramelized pear, melted (paraffin-free) candle wax (unflavored), and coconut. There’s [...]

Chivas Regal Extra Blended Scotch Whisky

November 18, 2020

Tasting notes:I’ve been…drinking? Suddenly, I’m on an old carousel with wooden horses wiped down with a mixture of Lemon Pledge™ and almond extract. There are Ace [...]

The Bivrost Niflheim Arctic Single Malt Whisky

October 31, 2020

Photo credits here to Aurora Spirit Tasting notes:The nose on this dram opens with lemon floor wax used by thoughtful friends to glaze an igloo for its depressed owner. [...]

The GlenAllachie 18 Year Old

October 21, 2020

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 Bowmore 17 Year Old White Sands (travel retail exclusive)

October 18, 2020

Tasting notes:The Bowmore 17 Year Old White Sands, 43% abv, dropped like miraculous manna from heaven, by which I mean, Stephen put a generous dollop in a small bottle, and [...]

The Ballantine’s 17 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky

October 12, 2020

Tasting notes:The nose on this dram is light, slightly fruited, like coconut oil skin lotion. There are muted flowers, too: imagine a mischievous gardener [...]

The Glenallachie 12 Year Old

October 3, 2020

Tasting notes:The GlenAllachie 12 noses like fruit juice. Like a fruit cocktail. Like a steampunk machine made by a fruit dessicator who used dried fruits as cogs. Like a [...]

The Westland Cask Exchange Series: Lucky Envelope

September 26, 2020

[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 [...]

The Balblair 1991 3rd Release (1991-2018)

September 8, 2020

Tasting notes:Looking through our site, I see we’ve already reviewed 1991 Balblairs twice. One might easily say that the third time is the charm, and finally we’ll [...]

The Westland Cask Exchange Series: Silver City Brewing

August 31, 2020

[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 [...]

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