In early May of 2011, Master of Malt announced The Bloggers’ Blend. In a nutshell, Master of Malt picked ten bloggers and asked them to create their own blended whisky using various single malt and grain whisky samples that they would provide. Here is the list of bloggers […]
Epic. Legendary. Two words that are often overused, but they most definitely apply when speaking of Sir Ernest Shackleton. I have been fascinated with the story of his Antarctic expedition ever since I saw a film called Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure at the National Geographic IMAX Theater in Victoria, […]
About a month ago, I posted a review of the Basil Hayden’s 8 Year Old Bourbon which I purchased as part of a Jim Beam Small Batch Bourbon sampler pack. Since I have already reviewed the Knob Creek Bourbon which was also included in this set, I am […]
While browsing Compass Box’s online whisky shop, I noticed the sampler set that you see in the above photo. This set includes five of their core expressions, presented in a black lacquered, clamshell box, and also comes with a tasting notes brochure. Although this sampler set was love at […]
I first tried The Balvenie Single Barrel 15 at the Rare Craft Roadshow event that I attended back in late September. Since I found this whisky to be very different from all of the other Balvenie expressions that I’ve tried over the years, I decided to add it to […]
I have had the Basil Hayden’s 8 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon on numerous occasions over the years, but I never bothered to research this whiskey until it was time to write a review (Shameless Plug Alert! This itty bitty bottle of Bourbon was part of a 50ml […]
It been a fun year for the Booze Dancers, so here’s a quick look back at some of my favorite posts of the year, a mix of the best and worst. Sure, doing a review post is a bit like those cheesy sitcom clip shows, but there was […]
I bought four different 50ml bottles of whiskies in late September and have so far reviewed three of them: Jim Beam’s Devil’s Cut, Johnnie Walker Red, and Johnnie Walker Black. It’s finally time to put the Chivas Regal 12 under the microscope. But before I get on with […]
Two weeks ago, G-LO purchased the Bruichladdich Ten, and I purchased the Bruichladdich Twenty as fitting drams for our tribute to the Whisky Dog. Several days after our tribute, I took a quick inventory of the whisky vault and uncovered a small sample of the Bruichladdich Pedro Ximénez 17, a long ago […]
On July 26th, our friends at Master of Malt announced a a new contest on their blog called “Guess That Booze!” (all of the contest details are listed in the screen capture above). Since five people came pretty damn close to listing all of the ingredients and guessing what […]