Rum Review #58: Uruapan Agricole Rum
We have been on a (very slow) quest to hit 300 rums each. We talked to the couple (actually in the picture below) that are about to embark on a rum sojourn next month, and they are going to Brazil …
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Review #66: Laphroaig Distillery Exclusive (Oloroso Sherry 2011)
Back during our 2018 Thanksgiving break (end of November for non-Americans), we went to Islay in Scotland and visited the holy grounds of Laphroaig Distillery (article here). The Distillers Wares tour culminated in our favorite part: drinking straight …
Funk-groni Negroni
High octane negroni with split base between Rumfire and El Dorado
Review #64: Highland Park Full Volume
At some point, we should write up a long post on Highland Park because it is massively popular at our household. It also helps that there are a lot of independent bottlings of the distillery recently (our previous reviews include …
Review #63: Wayward Rye Whiskey
Along with our tasting of Thomas H Handy at Interval Long Now (we rated it 9/10 for a $20[!] pour), we got to sample the Wayward Rye. The rye was brought up from the Santa Cruz area from …
Review #62: Thomas H Handy Sazerac 2017
We have been meaning to go to Interval at Long Now (tucked away in Fort Mason) in San Francisco for a long time. We finally made it – since we were up at North Beach for a haircut. The walk …
Review #61: Exclusive Malts Cooley 13
While it is certainly less expensive to make cocktails or drink the whisky we have acquired, sometimes it’s fun to go out on the town and grab some cocktails while eavesdropping on your neighbors’ conversations. We have been eyeing San …
Laphroaig-groni
It’s Negroni week 2019 in San Francisco! A veritable Christmas for lovers of the best cocktail out there in which each bar features its own special variant (or multiple variants) of the cocktail. The problem is figuring out where to …
Review #50: St. George 35th Anniversary
For our 50th whisk(e)y review, we wanted to review something very personal. We live near the St. George distillery in Alameda and have visited frequently (linked here is one of our first distillery tour reviews at St George!).
The …
Review #49: Laphroaig Triple Wood
Laphroaig was my gateway whisky – and also the way I discovered that I unequivocably love peat. We have been nursing this bottle steadily and the other night, we finally laid the bottle to rest.
The Triple Wood is a …