This is the second review of our 4-bottle Port Charlotte vertical tasting with a variety of cask maturations. The first review was the standard expression in ex-bourbon barrels and the remaining reviews are a Sherry cask and a Marsala cask. …
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 …
Our trip to the Bruichladdich distillery ended with the acquisition of our prized possession: a Valinch distillery-exclusive 500 ml bottle of Sherry cask Port Charlotte. It is easily Michael’s favorite bottle and within my top 5. With growing alarm every …
This was our first teaspooned cask purchase. Teaspooning is a common practice for many distilleries to change a single malt to a “blended” malt by adding a small amount of whisky (even just a teaspoon!) from another distillery to a …
When Mossburn debuted their blended malt offerings (one Island one and one Speyside one), it took a lot of restraint to not bias myself toward purchasing the Island one simply because I’m a peathead. So instead, I gave the Speyside …