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 […]
This time last year is when when we first started telling you about the American Whiskey Convention, an event that was held at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on March 24, 2017. We are happy to report that this event is once again on the 2018 calendar, […]
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 […]
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 […]
After a bit of a late Summer / early Fall hiatus, we are happy to report that The Creative Team at Booze Dancing TV has discovered two very fun sounding boozy beverages for us to review in our second episode of A Tasting at the Murder Table. In […]
The folks at Boardroom Spirits may not know the meaning of “alphabetical order” all that well (their eau de vie style spirits were released in the following order: B, then C, and then A, P and P. Last time I checked, A comes before B and C. And […]
The whisky in the above photo was distilled at the Benrinnes Distillery in Speyside, Scotland. I’m pretty sure that I’ve never tried a whisky from this distillery. There are at least two reasons for this: Per the Benrinnes webpage on the malts.com website, there is only one regular […]
Labor Day has passed us by and the kids are back in school, but that doesn’t mean that summer is completely over. According to MY calendar, it doesn’t end until September 22nd at 4:01PM EST, which of course means that we still have some warm days ahead. Days […]
Manzanilla. Fino. Amontillado. Oloroso. Palo Cortado. Pedro Ximenez. Moscatel. Whisky lovers are familiar with the names of these Sherry varieties that are used to age and sometimes “finish” the magical elixir that we hold near and dear to our hearts. When we first saw the words “Arranta Cask” which […]
Before we get to our review of the Old Pulteney 12, let’s get some facts and figures about the distillery: Located in the town of Wick, the distillery was founded in 1826. Prior to 2012, which is the year that the Wolfburn distillery opened its doors in the […]