Throughout 2012, quite a few emails were exchanged between myself and Chris Maybin, Commercial Director of Compass Box Whisky. In most cases, these emails dealt with press releases for Compass Box events and new whisky releases that happened throughout the year. In mid-September, after hearing so much about […]
Once again, G-LO was out on the interwebz and his efforts produced several samples of Crown Royal Maple. The bottle tells me that this is Crown Royal’s fine deluxe maple flavored whisky. From the description at their website, the Crown Royal Maple is “a master blend of premium whisky finished with […]
As I start most of these posts, a couple of weeks ago, G-LO received the following five whisky samples from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America: Cask No. 9.62 aka “Mouth-wateringly sharp and sweet”. Cask No. 27.97 aka ““Glazed cashews and lemon lollies”. Cask No. 29.104 aka “Not for wee […]
By now you should know the drill. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America sends up some samples from their latest Outturn, and we divide them up and review them. Our last Outturn sample pack included the following: Cask No. 3.184 aka “Arabesques of ash and high kicks […]
It’s one thing to get a whisky sample from an actual distillery or independent bottler. It’s a completely different thing when a whisky sample comes from someone’s personal collection… When your whisky comes from someone in the industry, it’s all part of their marketing plan, i.e. they send […]
Way back in mid September, I went back and forth with Raj Sabharwal (Managing Director of Purple Valley Imports) via Twitter and email about two whisky events that he would be hosting in Philadelphia during the week of October 22nd. One event would be for Sullivans Cove Tasmanian Whisky and the other would be for Amrut […]
We might finally be close to catching up on our Scotch Malt Whisky Society homework! Our last Outturn sample pack included the following: Cask No. 9.62 aka “Mouth-wateringly sharp and sweet”. Cask No. 27.97 aka “Glazed cashews and lemon lollies”. Cask No. 29.104 aka “Not for wee boys”. […]
I received a text message from our good friend The Alemonger a few weeks ago which included the photo shown above, along with the following message: GET TO WORK! At first I was a bit confused (this is a normal reaction when The Alemonger sends you a text […]
As I start most of these posts, a couple of weeks ago, G-LO received the following five whisky samples from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America: CaskNo. 16.32 aka “Leather armchairs and old wardrobes”. Cask No. 25.63 aka ““Poire et poivre”. Cask No. 106.18 aka “Bottled essence of summer”. Cask […]
I don’t know if it was the exotic factor or the fact that I am intrigued by Japan in general, but when I noticed the Yamazaki table at our first Extravaganza event, I immediately walked over to give their whisky a try (one does not run at The […]
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