Way back in mid-May, we received an email from Lindley Thornburg of Heather Freeman Media & Public Relations asking if we’d be interesting in profiling Molly Cummings, one of the co-owner’s of Washington D.C.’s District Distilling. While interviews are always good fun, and while gin sampling is even […]
What you see in the above photo is the bottle of Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey that The Wookie reviewed many moons ago (November 7, 2010 to be exact). Way back then, The Wookie found the 2010-ish iteration of this whisky to be “young and harsh but not without […]
The other day, I walked over to LimpD’s to deliver his share of our latest and greatest package of liquid gold, because I was raised right (or maybe I was raised wrong? At my age, I’m no longer sure) and find that it’s better to share the […]
AK: Hello, Professor. It’s been a long time. G-LO: Indeed it has, Doctor! AK: Went out for burgers with the 17 year old daughter last night. Had a pretty boring soft drink to go with. I hate boring soft drinks. G-LO: Define boring. 7-up? Seltzer? Grape Ne-HI? Orange […]
Awhile back, our friends at The Baddish Group asked if we’d be interested in trying two Vodka expressions from their latest client, Nemiroff Vodka. As I’m sure I’ve mentioned in previous posts, since I’m not much of a Vodka drinker, I was a bit hesitant to accept the […]
As is often the case, G-LO goes to his mail box and finds a generous sample of whiskey while I go to my mail box and find a note from Publisher’s Clearing House stating that I may be a winner. While I’m holding out hope that I may […]
What you see up above are photos of Islay’s very own Kilchoman Distillery that were taken by the West Coast Office (WCO) during his Single Cask Nation tour of Scotland in 2015. As I’m sure I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Scotland (Islay in particular) is a Top 5 […]
I’ve been down the Papa’s Pilar road before… Ernest Hemingway. Light Rum. Dark Rum. The Solera Aging Process. All very familiar. All very delicious! So when we were approached to try the latest and greatest from Papa’s Pilar, a Custom Barreled Dark Rum that was finished in ex-Spanish Oloroso […]
The whisky in the above photo is part of that care package that I received from Spirit Imports way back in December of 2016 which I first mentioned in my review of The John Milroy Selection Bunnahabhain 1990. As the title of this post clearly states, the whisky […]
Making music is an art and an ability that is far beyond my wee brain. Zero musical skills were blessed upon me aside from whistling through my nose which annoys all in hearing radius, including me. I bow down to those that can do anything with a mere […]