After getting back home from a weekend off in Newport, RI with a great friend and her husband I finally got a chance to try Chivas Regal. Although I had heard about Chivas before and have been drinking whisky for years now, it was a brand I had not gotten around to tasting. Finally getting…
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Bruichladdich Black Art 4.1 – Cask Strength
When in conversation about no-age-statement (NAS) whiskies, Bruichladdich always comes up. It is one of the distilleries, in my mind, that has pumped out the most NAS whiskies. This has certainly infuriated many purists, so when I saw this Bruichladdich Black Art 4.1 listed on the whisky menu I was certainly skeptical about trying it….
Lagavulin 16 – 1997 Distillers Edition
Happiness is enjoying a dram of Lagavulin while sitting in front of a warm fire on a cold winters night. Now I know it’s not winter yet, but when I came across a bottle of the 1997 Lagavulin Distillers Edition it was all I could think off. The Lagavulin distillery was founded in 1816 by…
Sons of Liberty Distillery
For being a small state, Rhode Island certainly has a lot going for themselves and that includes the Sons of Liberty Distillery. I had not heard about this place until my boyfriend mentioned it last week, so on Labor Day Weekend we headed down for a tour and sampling of their product. The distillery has…
Scotch Ice Cream: Lagavulin
Happy Labor Day (here in the states)! Want something sweet with your apple pie this fall or on this holiday Monday? How about Lagavulin ice cream? Before you shake your head and think I am crazy, the ice cream is pretty darn good. Yesterday evening while visiting our friend Mike in western MA, we got…
What’s your favorite whisky… Macallan. Have you heard that before?
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…
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,…
Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey
Not too long ago my friends Laura and Anthony held a party to celebrate Laura’s big 3-0. It was at this party that I first discovered Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. The bottle belonged to Mike, a friend of Laura and Anthony, and I immediately gravitated towards it as we walked into the party. We all know…
Aberlour 18 year-old
No better way to spend the weekend than by attending a beautiful wedding in Newport, RI and tasting a whisky I had not tasted before. On Saturday my boyfriend and I attended the wedding of his former roommate. Although it was their special day, the bride was kind enough to give my boyfriend a bottle…
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