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Tap 8 Sherry Finished 8y Rye. Possibly the best rye ever, and that’s me saying that. Tap’s web presence is broken at the moment – the stylesheet’s not loading so it looks a little web 1.0. There’s a contact phone number at the bottom that when you search lands you at 375 Park Avenue Drinks, … Continue reading Tap 8 Sherry Finished 8y Rye with Dan
Hmmm… our first BattleScotch! over the Blend Line? Some people (Goran) loudly protested this particular combatax spiritus because a blend is for blend times and a single malt is for single malt time. There is some precedence – we BattleScotch!ed two transnational blends that had basically nothing in common, although in fairness Goran loudly protested … Continue reading BattleScotch! Islay Mist 8y v McClelland’s Islay with Dan, Ryan & Goran
Interesting. A cheap, twist-off blend… that also happens to be aged and specifically from Islay. Islay Mist 8y is produced by MacDuff International, the same people who gave us Grand MacNish – which has been referred to as “scrotch”. Less interesting, more worrisome. And a look at the back of the bottle points to its … Continue reading Islay Mist 8y Blended Scotch with Dan, Goran, Ryan & Davey
Poit Dhubh! Knowing Gaelic it’s probably pronounced ‘Greg’. This is the 8y old bro to the Té Bheag so there’s not too much more to add from that article. There are two other expressions at 12 and 21 years. Hopefully that’s a good sign that Gaelic Whisky will be around for a while. We did, … Continue reading Poit Dhubh 8y Blended Scotch with Dan, Goran, Ryan & Bowick
Spending 36 on the beach with the dog. Steph kindly handed me this bottle on my way west and I’ve had a fair portion watching the dog chase beach rabbits. Customary back story which i really should have written yesterday: Dun Bheagan is a bottler, not a distiller, so there’s not too much available on … Continue reading Birthday Scotch Review – Dun Bheagan 8y Islay Hogshead
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 site, which also mentions Knob Creek, but then links to their full site. The Original Small Batch Bourbon Collection is a licensed trademark of Beam … Continue reading Basil Hayden’s 8y Kentucky Straight Bourbon with Dan
