Once again, G-LO received his weekly booze mail shipment. In dividing the spoils, I was tasked with writing up the George Dickel No. 12. This is a Tennessee Whisky made by George A. Dickel & Co., one of many manufacturers that find themselves under the umbrella of the Diageo Empire. […]
Nova Scotia looks right smack dab into the expanse of the northern Atlantic Ocean. It’s bucolic on the best of days and darn right nasty when a sea fueled squall (or worse) rushes in to darken, dampen and chill its door. Hearty souls are created in these extreme […]
AK: Hey, G-LO, you’re an experimental sort, ain’t ya? G-LO: Depends on the subject. Sometimes I’m a creature of habit. Sometimes I like to get jiggy with it. AK: OK, Mr. Jiggy, we’re gonna go where many have never gone. G-LO: Ohhhh! The final frontier? One of those […]
LOS ANGELES – All of the Southland’s eyes were focused on the whisky world as The Whisky Extravaganza came to town for its annual visit in 2016’s November. The Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown LA was the cushy site for a second year in a row so that […]
“I’ve often compared Blended Scotch Whisky to a symphony orchestra, where all of the musicians are playing in unison and no one soloist stands out as they play the same composition seamlessly as one, while a Single Malt Scotch Whisky is like a jazz soloist (or a jazz […]
This time last year is when when we first started telling you about the American Whiskey Convention, an event that was held at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on March 25, 2016. We are happy to report that this event is once again on the March calendar […]
Based upon some interwebz-based research, it appears as though there has been very little Balmenach Single Malt Scotch Whisky released by the actual distillery. Sure, I was able to track down a 12 Year Old expression that’s for sale on The Whisky Exchange, but that bottle costs $479.29 […]
Down the Rabbit Hole – A term used to describe a situation that is strange, confusing, or illogical, and often hard to escape from. It originates from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a children’s story by Lewis Carroll in which a girl called Alice falls down a rabbit hole […]
According to the official Crown Royal website, their Fine Deluxe Blended Canadian Whisky goes all the way back to 1939. Here’s the official story in its entirety… In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth made history when they became the first reigning monarchs to visit Canada, arriving by […]
My In-laws, in an effort to support the blog (or perhaps hasten my demise because I am not Italian, and because there is a certain amount of Neapolitan-ness in their bloodlines), presented me with a $100 gift card to a local liquor store. In this instance, local meant […]