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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A sample of the whisky pictured up above landed on our doorstep way back in December of 2016. It was part of a care package which included 18 other samples that was sent to us by Lauren Mayer of Spirit Imports. I wish I could explain why it […]
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 […]
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