While Limpd was having some fun in the sun with La Famiglia in Aruba, The West Coast Office (The WCO) and Yours Truly did some experimenting with technology one fateful Friday night. The goal: Figure out a way to record a video review of the same whisky with […]
Mystery. Whisky. Box. Yes, you read that correctly. Mystery Whisky Box. Here’s what this “mystery” thing is all about… In late May of this year, The Whisky Sisters, aka Lauren Mayer and Gabby Shayne of Spirit Imports, were kind enough to send us nine samples of The John […]
We’re no strangers to Four Roses and have had extensive experience with their core range of Bourbons and several of their Single Barrel Private Selection bottlings. Given that we’ve gone back to this whiskey on many many occasions, I guess you could call us fanboys. Four Roses recently […]
While there’s no shortage of Whisky News when it comes to distillery openings, buyouts, new product launches, “rare” bottle releases, etc., it’s not every day that you hear about the rebirth of a once great grain that’s making a comeback and being distilled by a Pennsylvania distillery in […]
If you do it right and are open to new experiences (i.e. you’re not married to a particular brand or style of whisky), whisky drinking can be like traveling the world without ever leaving the comfort of your living room, or in our case, the looming sense of […]
Those familiar with our blog know that we’re no strangers to Crown Royal’s wide and varied whisky expressions. Over the years, we’ve reviewed several special Crown Royal releases, a few of their flavored whisky expressions, and the whisky that Jim Murray proclaimed the Best Whisky in the World […]
G-LO: Well, you did it again! A red-eye flight from LAX to JFK on Tuesday evening, an afternoon of eating and drinking in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon followed by a 4 hour Kosher BBQ and whisky event in Battery Park at a little thing called Kiddushfest – […]
Welcome to Round #2 of Kiddushfest Pre-Game Whisky Reviews… Same distillery. Whiskey Del Bac by Hamilton Distillers. Same style. American Single Malt made with mesquite-smoked malted barley. Higher octane. 60.25% ABV vs. the “paltry” 45% ABV Dorado. Here’s what Hamilton Distillers has to say about their Distillers Cut: […]
Way back in September of 2018, The West Coast Office wrote about a little distillery in Tuscon, Arizona called Hamilton Distillers. We won’t give you all of the details from his article, but we will point you in his direction. All you have to do is click right […]
This time last year, yours truly was fortunate enough to spend a weekend visiting Craft Breweries and Craft Distilleries in and around Madison, Wisconsin with Whisky Guy Rob and The Minty. One of the Craft Distilleries visited during this 48 hour visit was Cambridge, Wisconsin’s Dancing Goat Distillery […]