New Best Friend
We decided to start with the Old Pal as a template and started by subbing a blend of Laphroaig and Glen Moray in for Rye whiskey. We found that the Campari dominated the concoction, so we went back to the drawing board.
scotch
Drunk Uncle
Islay scotch and Cynar. Enough said.
Review #61: Signatory Royal Lochnagar 1991
While we were having the Port Ellen and a sherry aged Port Charlotte at our new favorite scotch bar (Campbelltoun Loch in Tokyo), we decided to also veer off familiar territories and go with the Royal Lochnagar. It was mostly …
Review #59: Rona’s Cask Port Charlotte 13 Year
This continues our series of whisky reviews that we wrote while touring some of the best scotch bars we have ever been to. The bar in question is the magical scotch treasure trove of Campbelltoun Loch, which is cluttered to …
Sedentary Banana
Tasty summery cocktail featuring peated whiskey, rum, banana liqueur, and Sherry.
Douglas Cocktail
Peaty cocktail featuring Lagavulin 16 from L’Abbattoir
Review #57: Laphroaig Distillery Exclusive (2005 Bourbon to PX Cask)
As mentioned in Review #56 (Laphroaig 2011 Oloroso Sherry Cask from the distillery), we are now siphoning off the distillery miniatures that we bottled at the end of our Distillers Wares tour. I’m not usually a souvenir type of …
Review #56: 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 …
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 #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 …