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Whisky Reviews 

Review #104: SMWS 29.249: Sweet Black Tea in the Surgery (Laphroaig 21)

You can tell the favorites in our households by the liquid levels. This one is an exceptional dram (purchased for around $250 from a “last drops” email from SWMS of America). The bottle is one of my personal favorites from …

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Review #98: Bruichladdich 1990/25 Travel

As I mentioned in our Kavalan Manzanilla sherry cask review, my overwhelming cheapness resulted in San Francisco to Tokyo tickets that had us flying over Japan 3 hours to Taipei, Taiwan for a layover before returning the 3 hours …

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Dalmore #97: Dalmore 18

The final dram of our Dalmore flight at OneUp in San Francisco (Dalmore 12 review at 7/10 here and Dalmore 15 of 5.5/10 score here) was the Dalmore 18. I had been toying with the idea of buying …

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Review #82: Peat’s Beast PX Cask Strength

We came across the Peat’s Beast whisky while travelling in Barcelona at the bar La Whiskeria. My wife is always up for anything new that is peated that she hasn’t tried, and the monster on the label jumped out at …

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Review #77: Glendronach 21 Parliament

Glendronach 21 is the top of the distillery's core range. Aged in a combination of Pedro Ximenez (PX) and Oloroso sherry casks. Wondrous dram.
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Review #16: Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition 2017

Tasting Notes for 4/506 Batch of Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition 2017
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Review #6: Glenmorangie Lasanta

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5 Recommended Single Malt Scotch Whiskies under $50
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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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What to Make with Laphroaig
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Cocktails to Make with Cognac

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Lagavulin Vertical Tasting: Which Lagavulin Bottling is the Best?
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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

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