This is my dilemma each year when shopping for a Christmas gift for my parents. They are up there in years and certainly don’t need any more stuff. So what do I do? Well, to my great fortune, I received an email from Master of Malt and was […]
On Tuesday November 27th, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America held their annual Extravaganza event at the Union League in Center City Philadelphia. This event was originally scheduled for November 1st, but thanks to the mayhem that was caused by Hurricane Sandy, the event had to be […]
A couple of weeks ago, G-LO received the following five whisky samples from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America: Cask No. 5.35 aka “Laundry in the bakery”. Cask No. 26.84 aka “Moorland after rain”. Cask No. 33.113 aka “Sweet, peaceful dreams”. Cask No. 85.23 aka “Burnt granary toast with bramble […]
I can already hear the moans and groans when I say this (I’m looking at you Ed of The Dogs of Beer blog!), but we have fallen way behind in our whisky reviews! I know I know. Poor us. Or perhaps I should say, “Pour us another drink!”. […]
The Glenmorangie Company Is Named World’s Best Distiller Iconic Scottish whisky is crowned 2012 Distiller of the Year at the ‘Oscars’ of the wines and spirits industry The Glenmorangie Company is also named UK Spirits Producer of the Year for second year running The Glenmorangie Company was the […]
If you would have told me in April of 2010 that I would still be blogging in late 2012, I would have never believed you. What started out as a quasi-joke has become one of the most enjoyable hobbies that I have ever undertaken. Yes, we occasionally get […]
Earlier this week, I received an email from a PR firm in Glasgow asking if we would help them promote a contest for the Bowmore Distillery. Here was my initial response to their request: Thanks for reaching out to us! This sounds like a fantastic contest, but truth […]
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 […]
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“: […]