Quick recap… In mid January, I purchased a Compass Box sampler set that contained five of their core expressions. I have so far reviewed the Asyla (loved it!), the Oak Cross (the jury is still out), and The Peat Monster (fan-freakin-tastic!). This time around, I will be reviewing […]
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 […]
A couple of weeks ago, G-LO received the following four whisky samples from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America: Cask No. 76.84 aka “Feisty and zesty”. Cask No. 39.83 aka “Yummy and mouth-watering”. Cask No. 4.153 aka “Kerosene delight”. Cask No. 53.157 aka “Paint your own picture”. G-LO chose […]
As most of you are well aware, we are big fans of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America, and have attended the last five Fall Extravaganza events in Philadelphia, as well as the Spring Extravaganza event in New York this past May. A few days ago, I received […]
There was a famous scene in Seinfeld which involved a a conversation between George, Jerry, and Newman about postal workers and why there “the guys that always go crazy and come back with a gun and shoot everybody”. This was Newman’s response to George’s question about “going postal“: […]
A while ago, G-LO received an email from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America (SMWSA) about a new program that they are starting whereby they will send samples of their newest Outturn offerings to various whisky bloggers across the country in order to get their opinions, and […]
A while ago, G-LO received an email from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America (SMWSA) about a new program that they are starting whereby they will send samples of their newest Outturn offerings to various whisky bloggers across the country in order to get their opinions, and […]
Two weeks ago, I received an email from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America (SMWSA) about a new program that they are starting whereby they will send samples of their newest Outturn offerings to various whisky bloggers across the country in order to get their opinions, and […]
In May, G-LO had worked The Dalmore’s UK PR firm for samples of their core range which includes the 12, 15, Cigar Malt, and 1263 King Alexander III expressions. Thankfully, their UK press agent was very kind and offered to pass along G-LO’s request to The Baddish Group (their US PR […]
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 […]
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