Spirit Reviews

We love writing about spirits. While we’ve had hundreds of rums, as of March 2019 we’ve just started formally reviewing them, and you can find our catalog of rum reviews, and history about the spirit in our Rum Reviews section.

We’ve picked up the pace on whisky reviews, and have amassed a small arsenal of reviews. You can also learn more about our spirit tasting and review process. Some of our favorites recently have been from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), so we put together a comprehensive guide to SMWS bottle numbers, because a lot of the other ones we found weren’t up to date and were missing things.

We accept Rum and Whisky samples and you can learn more about how to reach us on our contact us page.

We've both been scarred so heavily by an Old Malt Cask bottling of Ben Nevis (review here), that we usually
I came across a recipe from Tamara's Table named simply "Grape and Gin" cocktail. I am usually skeptical of food
Single Cask Nation (SCN) has sprung to cult status overnight. We have a Lechaig from this independent bottler that we
We attended a virtual scotch tasting the other day, organized by Impex Beverages, Scotch Club of San Francisco, and Elixir
The Gravitational Constant Cocktail features Jamaican rum, PX Sherry, and a touch of Allspice dram.
After we wrote our Dalmore review, I realized that I had never tried a cask strength Dalmore (SMWS distillery code
Balancing the legendary peaty, iodine rich Laphroaig 10 with Fernet is a bold move, and I'm not sure it's entirely
The backstory of this bottle is that we purchased it sight unseen because SMWS was offering free shipping through March
You can tell the favorites in our households by the liquid levels. This one is an exceptional dram (purchased for
Those who know me, know that I love the frog aka Laphroaig. However, it's a notoriously difficult ingredient to incorporate