Two weeks ago, I went for a quick booze run to WineWorks in Marlton, NJ since I needed to pick up a replacement bottle of High West Double Rye, as well as something new for a casual whisky tasting that Limpd was hosting at The Barthenon. After a […]
Below are a few of the more interesting press releases that landed in our inbox this week… The West Coast Office Invites You to a Bruichladdich Tasting with Whisky Guy Rob Our friend Aaron (aka the West Coast Office) invites you to join him, along with the South Bay Whisky Tribe, […]
Our friend Aaron (aka the West Coast Office) invites you to join him, along with the South Bay Whisky Tribe, for an evening of whisky tasting led by Whisky Guy Rob (aka Rob Gard), author of Distilling Rob: Manly Lies and Whisky Truths. This very special event will […]
A little over two weeks ago, I received our third batch of whisky samples from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America which included the following: Cask No. 2.81 aka “Black tea in a greenhouse”. Cask No. 23.72 aka “A big, eye-watering slap”. Cask No. 125.48 aka “Old-fashioned tea […]
Mark Reynier of Bruichladdich Speaks Out About The Bruichladdich Buyout On July 16 we asked for your opinion about the proposed Bruichladdich buyout by Remy Cointreau. As of this writing, 80% of you went with “It’s not personal. It’s just business.” . The people have spoken and they […]
On July 9th, Mark Reynier, founder and Managing Director of Bruichladdich, made the following announcement via Twitter: To say that this unleashed a torrent of comments from across the worldwide Whisky community would be an understatement. Poor Mark quickly learned the pitfalls of full disclosure and appears to […]
Last year on Christmas day I received a hilarious text message from Crazy-Eye. The text was a single malt whisky twist on the Clement Clark Moore classic “A Visit from St. Nicholas” Poem (a.k.a. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas). The message inspired me to write the Booze Dancer […]
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 […]
The kids ask for toys and Daddy asks for whisky. That’s how Christmas has worked around my house for the past several years. Since the holidays are fast approaching, I need to pull together this year’s whisky wish list. Thanks to the interwebz, finding out about new releases has […]
At my local liquor mart, I came across a bottle of Bruichladdich Rocks. Now, I am quite partial to Bruichladdich, a distillery with a long history. The distillery was built in 1881 in westernmost part of the island of Islay with a state-of-the-art design that used tall and […]
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