Forty Creek Premium Barrel Select with Dan & Ryan
Oh man. Forty Creek – a blast from the past. You might be asking, dude, why? Why? WHY? It has at least three strikes: “Canadian Whisky” (which as we know […]
The Glenlivet 12y with Dan & Ryan
The Glenlivet. Another fairly glaring absence from our testing roles, finally remedied! The Glenlivet is an elder, storied distillery. I would tell you more about it but I can’t type […]
Grant’s Family Reserve Blended Scotch Whisky with Dan, Ryan & Goran
Yeah… Grant’s. To be fair, this is their entry scotch. But it does set off a few specific warning bells: blend, twist off, website mentions mixing, etc. Not that there’s […]
Glenmorangie 12y Lasanta with Dan
Okay. Last of the Glenmorangies. Pretty sick of typing Glenmorangie. Only 5 minutes left to get this post up so here goes. Lasanta aged in sherry casks. Which means I […]
Glenmorangie 12y Nectar d’Or with Dan
The next sampler out of the Glenmorangie Discovery Pack is the 12y Nectar d’Or, aged in Sauternes casks. What is Sauternes? you might ask. Totally legit, so did I. Sauternes […]
Glenmorangie 12y Quinta Ruban with Dan
There’s only so much you can write about one scotch distiller and I feel like I’ve covered anything worth mentioning in the last two posts, so instead I thought I’d […]
Glenmorangie 10y Original with Dan
The first bottle out of the Discovery Pack is the big bottle of Glenmorangie 10y. Since the three sample bottles are all based on this scotch aged an additional 2 […]
Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey with Dan
Yay! More bourbon! Weird name tho, I don’t know how you trace a buffalo. This appears to be a case of giving the marketing people free license – Buffalo Trace […]
Glenfiddich 12y with Dan & Ryan
This is a bit of a finally for me. I’ve had about four bottles of this and haven’t gotten around to writing a review. It’s like going to a sci […]
Elijah Craig 12y Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey with Dan & Alex
Another case of a splash of water making all the difference. And it’s another case of a slightly overproofed spirit. It’s possible that my tongue has become accustomed to the […]
Penderyn Single Malt Peated Welsh Whisky with Dan
Our first Welsh whisky! Penderyn offers a number of different spirits, and their whisky line is pretty complete with some award winning wine-cask aged whiskies. This particular bottle was a […]
Ungava Gin with Nearly Everyone
I think I know what both my readers are thinking to themselves. They’re thinking “pretty sure I’m at iSCOTCH, pretty sure I type that in/clicked that bookmark. so what the […]
The Peat Monster with Dan
Doing the background research for this bottle got me a little frustrated. I think I’m getting some traffic from the States these days, so for the benefit of you and […]
Caol Ila 12y with Dan
The unpronounceable Caol Ila (allegedly either ‘cool eye-la’ or ‘cull eela’ depending where you look) is another Malts.com brand, the web presence that covers Talisker, Dalwhinnie, Oban, Lagavulin and a […]
J&B Justerini & Brooks Rare Blended Scotch Whisky with Dan
“J&B is the worst” – Ryan. I’m going to start by telling you how bad J&B tastes, because if it tasted good, it might be possible to excuse the rest […]
Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey with Dan
Another bourbon! Bulleit is a Diageo brand, allegedly based on a 150 year old recipe that includes rye and barley malt in the make. It is not a particularly complicated […]
Basil Hayden’s 8y Kentucky Straight Bourbon with Dan
Staying in the USA for a little bit. The lineage here is a bit thick: Basil Hayden’s only web presence is as part of The Original Small Batch Bourbon Collection […]
Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine with Dan & Ryan
First off – big thanks to my buddy Jono for bringing this back from one of his trips America-ward. I asked him to grab me some interesting American booze and […]
Mackmyra First Edition with Dan & Ryan
Still whisky, wrong country. Mackmyra is from Sweden, a country I assumed only drank vodka and snow melt, but what do I know. As we can tell from the spelling, […]
Bowmore Surf with Dan, Goran, Ryan & Val
Bowmore is one of my favourite scotches. Peaty and complicated, even the budget 12y tastes amazing given the price on the bottle. The Bowmore Surf is allegedly not available in […]
Wiser’s De Luxe with Dan
Wiser’s De Luxe is apparently not the most budget member of the Wiser’s family, which is kind of terrifying. We reviewed the Small Batch which is allegedly of higher quality […]
Tullamore D.E.W. with Dan, Ryan & Goran
It recently being St Paddy’s day, you’ll have to put up with one or two more Irish Whiskey reviews. I know Dan is a big fan of the lightness and […]
Wiser’s Small Batch Double Barrelled with Dan
Brief stop with Canadian Whiskey today. The designation “Canadian Whiskey” is pretty problematic. The manufacturers would like you to equate CW with Rye Whisk(e)y, but you shouldn’t. From Serious Eats: […]
Glen Breton 10y with Dan, Ryan & Goran
This is the second bottle from Glen Breton we’ve had; you’ll remember the 17y Ice Wine Cask finish we reviewed. That was a little heavy handed, as I’m finding most […]
