Review #72: Black Tot Rum
Drinking the last rum ration allocated for the British Imperial navy
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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 …
Review #65: Bowmore 18
We’re always on the hunt for difficult-to-procure bottles, but the Bowmore 18 is broadly available, if a little expensive. But to christian a new office, we needed a bottle and it was hard to pass up an opportunity to get …
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 #46: ASW Duality Double Malt
This is part 3 of our 5-post series on ASW Distillery located in Atlanta, Georgia. We originally visited Atlanta to hang out with a few friends from college. During the trip we stopped by ASW Whisky Exchange, the huge tasting …
Review #45: ASW Resurgens Rye
As we mentioned in our previous post on ASW’s Fiddler Unison Bourbon (batch 4), we visited the gorgeous ASW tasting room on our recent trip to Atlanta, Georgia. To recap, the distillery is new (their first release was a white …
Review #44: ASW Fiddler Unison Bourbon Batch 4
We recently visited the tasting room at ASW distillery in the heart of Atlanta, which to our delight, focuses exclusively on whiskies (we are used to politely declining the vodka that is inevitably poured at many distilleries). For just $18, …
Review #43: Lambay Whiskey Small Batch Blend
Unremarkable non-age statement Irish whiskey finished in Cognac casks.
Review #42: Archives 15 Orkney Highland Park
Single cask release from the Whisky Archives group. Bottling of a 15 year old Highalnd Park (Orkney) whisky with strong chocolatey notes.
Review #39: Aberlour 12
Last week we went to a lecture and vertical tasting of Aberlour led by Brand Ambassador Callum O’Donnell. After climbing a few flights of stairs in a non-descript office building in the heart of the financial district, we reached a …