Today instead of my normal whisky review I wanted to address something most novice whisky drinkers do. This actually includes a lot of my friends as well. Here is what I would say to them if we were having a dram together. If you are starting to drink whisky one of the best ways to…
Month: August 2014
Longmorn 21 year-old 1992 cask strength – Signatory Vintage
My apologies for having missed posting my posts last week! I was held up in jury duty both Monday-Tuesday and then played catch up the rest of the week. This week I am back to the normal grind. The last post I wrote about was on the 15 year-old Bunnahabhain expression put out by Signatory…
Bunnahabhain 1997 Heavily Peated – Signatory Vintage Un-Chilledfilered Collection
Last week I officially posted my 100th post. Woohoo!!! 101 here we come. I first wrote about Bunnahabhain and its 18 year-old nearly a year ago http://wp.me/p3Zt2k-V. The 18 year-old was good but I was not wowed by it. To me it was simply OK. Now this Bunnahabhain by Signatory Vintage is a whole different…
Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve
I am not a cigar smoker or a smoker at all. I smoked a cigarette once in my early 20’s and then recall crying about smoking that one cigarette. It might have been the alcohol that contributed to my crying, but nonetheless I knew then that smoking was definitely not for me. The upside, you…
Knappogue Castle12 year-old Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Knappogue Castle isn’t just a castle in County Clare, Ireland built on 1467 for the MacNamara clan; it is also the name of a very tasty Irish single malt whiskey. Lavoné Dickensheets Andrews and her husband Mark Edwin Andrews bought the castle back in the 1960’s. While Mrs. Andrews kept busy with the restoration process,…
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