Bowmore 25y “Opportunity Cost” @ The Blackbird
Ahh travelling. A thing we did. For work or visiting, who knew how much we’d miss simply not being in the place where we are… in… from… at. (A good linguist can end a […]
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Innis & Gunn Latitude & Longitude 002 Higher Ground Highland Cask Ale with Dan & Goran
Another iterative Innis & Gunn. Apparently we waited too long to post this review, the bottle no longer exists on their website. The second of the Longitude & Latitude series, Higher Ground is a Highland […]
Royal Challenge Indian/Scottish Whisky Blend with Dan
Royal Challenge, and bud it’s a challenge. A challenge to sniff, a challenge to drink and a challenge to understand how it even happened in the first place. Well, culturally, Indians and Scots do mix. […]
Aberlour 12y with Dan & Goran
Aberlour 12y. We’re gaining familiarity with this distiller, having tried the 10y and the 6y from the Advent calendar. We even pitted one against a McClelland’s way back in the day. So far, we’ve been […]
Penderyn Merlyn Welsh Cream Liqueur
It’s been suggested by my political advisors that we cool it with the Advent articles for a bit. Doling out reviews for bottles you can’t actually buy every other week for a year potentially reduces […]
Advent 07! Auchroisk 12y Batch 7
Advent mini bottle number seven! It’s the unpronounceable Auchroisk, and if you make that noise in the grocery store now, you’ll be asked to leave. #CovidJokes Who are <Scottish barfing noise>? This is another Singleton […]
Rodenbach Caractère Rouge Red-Brown Ale with Steve
Another Rodenbach – you’d think we’d learn. There’s even another one waiting in the hopper. Sour beer is gross. It’s just gross. The Cataract Rogue is a “recognized regional product” is a flavoured Flemish red-brown […]
Advent 06: Ardmore 10y Batch 5 with Dan
The sixth tiny bottle from the medium box of big flavours. Pay me to write, you jags! Here we have a hobo’s tear worth of Ardmore 10y, of which is the fifth batch. Is that […]
Innis & Gunn Blood Red Sky Red Beer
Here is a, well, to be perfectly honest, here is a very stale review. Almost a year since it went in the hopper. Apologies – there was just always something more interesting to write about. […]
Advent 05: Aberlour 6y Batch 8 with Dan
The fifth of advent, a 40 full of cheer. Corona got you trapped inside, why not drink a whole box of whisky. What could possibly go wrong? Aberlour is a distillery we don’t get much […]
Advent 04: Dufftown 10y Batch 4 with Dan
Advent Number Four! Dufftown, home of Duff Breweries, offers a 10y whisky. I’ve never had a Dufftown before because I didn’t think it was real. It sounds like a fake whisky from a cartoon. What […]
Advent 03: Bunnahabhain 10y Batch 14 with Dan
The third tiny bottle of Christ’s bl- I mean – Christmas Advent Holiday Year Ender Boutique-y Whisky things is the Bunnahabhain 10y Batch 14. I dunno what happened to batches 0-13. Also worth noting there […]
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin with Mum & Brenna
It has been a year and two weeks since our last gin review. That’s crazy, gin is great. This is is not so much great as it is gin, but there you go. The “gunpowder” […]
Robbie Burns Day Review! Innis & Gunn Vanishing Point 03 with Mike & Davey
Happy Robbie Burns Day! I know, I know… reviewing a beer on Robbie Burns Day?! But I don’t have any *Scotch* scotch posts ready in the hopper – bourbon, yes, Irish, yes, gin, yes, and […]
Windswept Brewing Company The Wolf of Glen Moray Port Cask Aged Dark Scottish Ale with Dan
A beer in a tube! You know we’re suckers for literally anything in a tube – beers, whiskies, potato chips,.. tennis balls, uh public transit.. etc. Straight from the north.. south.. the south north coast? […]
Round 2! Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Unpeated
We’ve had more than a few Brookladdies now, and we tend to like em. Sometimes people read the blog and get us things we like. So we review them again! nose Simon – burnt wood, […]
Five Hundred! The 500th Article (That Boutique-y Whisky Company/Drinks By The Dram Advent/Holiday Calendar Teaser)
Here at iScotch we’d like to wish you all a very happy holidays, merry Christmas, festive Kwanzaa, chappy Chanukah, feisty Festivus or an unrelenting Yule. Oh yeah and a happy drunken New Year’s. This is […]
Tomatin Cù Bòcan with Dan
We have done so many Tomatin – this is number seven – at this point there’s not a lot to say. Tomatin Cù Bòcan – near as I can tell this one translates to something […]
Balvenie 17y DoubleWood with Dan
The Balvenie 17y DoubleWood. This is one of those stop and appreciate whiskies that doesn’t come along very often. This whisky is “change the frame” good. You remember the run of five Johnnies Walker and […]
Glenfiddich 19y Age of Discovery with Holly, Trevor, Steve & Dan
After doing a bunch of these reviews (like… a bunch), you can sort of perceive bigger trends. Like how for a bourbon, you need either a year or a cork, and preferably both. How Irish […]
BattleScotch! Johnnie Walker Edition with Brad, Chris & Junior
Another video review, here we go! So which of the Johnnies Walker is best? Check below: nose Simon – Blue Label Brad – Ultimate 18y Chris – Double Black Junior – Ultimate 18y neat […]
Johnnie Walker Blue Label with Brad, Chris & Junior
Another Review! Another Video Review! Finally, the almighty Johnnie Walker Blue. What makes this blend worth over $300 a bottle? Nothing! It isn’t. nose Simon – sharp, mashier, honey or caramel on browning apple […]
Johnnie Walker 18y Ultimate with Brad, Chris & Junior
Going to kick it off with the video review again: Here’s the written review. Not too much more I can say about Johnnie Walker, other than that this is the 18y and it is […]
Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve with Brad, Chris & Junior
Once again, video to start! Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve is yet another colour entry in the Johnnie Walker line. What makes it Gold? Why is it Reserved? Is it better than Johnnie Walker […]
