Until recently, Kilchoman was the newest distillery on Islay, and one that we’ve been following closely ever since our first sip of their Machir Bay expression during our second appearance on Mark Gillespie’s WhiskyCast Virtual Tasting, way back in June of 2012. Over the years, we’ve been fortunate […]
While Limpd was having some fun in the sun with La Famiglia in Aruba, The West Coast Office (The WCO) and Yours Truly did some experimenting with technology one fateful Friday night. The goal: Figure out a way to record a video review of the same whisky with […]
Mystery. Whisky. Box. Yes, you read that correctly. Mystery Whisky Box. Here’s what this “mystery” thing is all about… In late May of this year, The Whisky Sisters, aka Lauren Mayer and Gabby Shayne of Spirit Imports, were kind enough to send us nine samples of The John […]
We’re no strangers to Four Roses and have had extensive experience with their core range of Bourbons and several of their Single Barrel Private Selection bottlings. Given that we’ve gone back to this whiskey on many many occasions, I guess you could call us fanboys. Four Roses recently […]
While we’re quite familiar with the concept of having whisky with a beer chaser, it’s not something we would normally do, so when Green Flash Brewing of San Diego, CA sent us an email announcing the release of Celtic Sun IPA, a beer that was specially formulated to […]
If you do it right and are open to new experiences (i.e. you’re not married to a particular brand or style of whisky), whisky drinking can be like traveling the world without ever leaving the comfort of your living room, or in our case, the looming sense of […]
Welcome to Round #2 of Kiddushfest Pre-Game Whisky Reviews… Same distillery. Whiskey Del Bac by Hamilton Distillers. Same style. American Single Malt made with mesquite-smoked malted barley. Higher octane. 60.25% ABV vs. the “paltry” 45% ABV Dorado. Here’s what Hamilton Distillers has to say about their Distillers Cut: […]
We’re changing things up a bit on today’s episode of A Tasting at The Murder Table… The location has moved from Murder Table Studio A to Murder Table Studio B. A third reviewer has been added to our usual cast of characters. We shall call him The Alemonger. […]
Way back in September of 2018, The West Coast Office wrote about a little distillery in Tuscon, Arizona called Hamilton Distillers. We won’t give you all of the details from his article, but we will point you in his direction. All you have to do is click right […]
Just when you think you have a handle on all of the IPA varieties out there, a press release lands in your inbox that talks about an IPA style that you’ve never heard of. If you’re like us, you reply to that email and ask for more information […]