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Distillery Reviews

Abelour warehouse
Around the World Distillery Reviews 

Aberlour Distillery Tour

Our trip to Aberlour distillery in Speyside and their tasting.
Several white barns with red doors and barrels that spell out welcome
Distillery Reviews 

Edradour Distillery – 90 Minutes from Glasgow and Edinburgh

Edradour distillery, close to Edinburgh and Glasgow, wonderful whisky.
Slope roof building with reflections on top of a hill
Distillery Reviews 

Macallan Distillery

Macallan Distillery’s Six Pillars tour and tasting
Woman in front of wall next to Lagavulin sign with buildings behind
Distillery Reviews 

Lagavulin Distillery and Sensory Tour

Our trip to Lagavulin for the Sensory Tour
Seaside warehouse
Distillery Reviews 

Laphroaig Distillery

A review of our Laphroaig Distillery tour and tasting

Four barrels with blue tops in front of more barrels
Distillery Reviews 

Bruichladdich Warehouse Tour

A review of our Bruichladdich Warehouse tour - Highly recommend
Several stills and bottles in front of bar
Distillery Reviews San Francisco 

Tripp Distillery

A one-man show well worth the short ride from SF
Two people talking with industrial equipment behind them
Distillery Reviews 

Hawaiian Shochu Company

Our visit to the very traditional Hawaiian Shochu Company
Three people next to stills
Around the World Distillery Reviews 

KoHana Rum Distillery Tasting and Tour

Hawaiian agricole rum distillery with emphasis on sustainability
Three stills in a warehouse
Distillery Reviews 

St George’s Distillery

Mad scientists of alcohol
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Featured Articles

5 Recommended Single Malt Scotch Whiskies under $50
Best Whisky Reviews 

5 Recommended Single Malt Scotch Whiskies under $50

2020-11-10 Michael L 0

We’ve tried a few hundred single malts at this point, so we finally feel qualified to recommend whiskies. Before we get into the recommendations, few parameters:

  1. All the whiskies are readily available; nothing on the list is impossible to
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We Tried Cocktails To-Go During COVID-19
Bars Best Cocktails San Francisco 

We Tried Cocktails To-Go During COVID-19

2020-04-01 Sylvia L 0
What to Make with Laphroaig
Best Cocktails 

What to Make with Laphroaig

2019-09-24 Sylvia L 2
Cocktail in front of a mirror with a lemon garnish, the mirror reflects the cocktail
Best Cocktails 

Cocktails to Make with Cognac

2019-06-03 Sylvia L 0
Lagavulin Vertical Tasting: Which Lagavulin Bottling is the Best?
Best Whisky Reviews 

Lagavulin Vertical Tasting: Which Lagavulin Bottling is the Best?

2019-02-16 Sylvia L 2
Several leather couches in front of beautiful, multi level bar with art on the walls and a painted cieling
Bars Best 

Top 3 Cocktail Bars in Singapore for Dates

2019-02-05 Michael L 0

About the Authors

We are a San Francisco-based duo of cocktail and whisky enthusiasts. We're always happy to connect! You can read more about us here and get hold of us here.

Sylvia and Michael

Recent Articles

  • cocktail with a long stem in front of bananas and green plantThe Cooking Banana Cocktail
    2021-02-13
    Plantains are never the stars of the show. The starchy cooking bananas are a lot like the malt that makes malt whisky. It takes a process to turn sweet. […]
  • Review #122: Nikka Coffey Gin
    2021-01-02
    Nikka Coffey Gin comes from the same massive Coffey […]
  • Review #121: Glengoyne 21
    2021-01-01
    We liked the Glengoyne 10 so much we grabbed a bottle of its older brother. The 21 is aged in ex-sherry, and you get plenty of it on the nose and palate. […]
  • Plantation Panama Old ReserveReview #120: Plantation Panama Old Reserve
    2020-12-25
    Plantation rum from Panama, aged for 10 years in ex-bourbon, and finished in ex-Cognac. […]
  • Last Rites Cocktail
    2020-12-24
    The Last Rites is only lightly sweet, and has that indescribable funk from passionfruit. […]
  • Rum Review #119: Plantation Fiji 2009
    2020-12-12
    Plantation rum from the island of Fiji.ged 7 years in ex-bourbon in the tropics, and 2 years in ex-cognac in the tropics. […]
  • Review #118: Plantation 5 Year
    2020-11-28
    Plantation hails from the island of Barbados the […]
  • Review #117: Game of Thrones “House Lannister” Lagavulin
    2020-11-25
    4/10. Nose: Smoke, banana bread, pink, short lived bubble gum that you get at a ballpark.  Palate: Honey, astringently oaky, smoke and waves of banana bread. […]

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