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Review #20: SMWS – A Sunny Day in Late Summer

Fun and Fruity Hookah. 9 Year Old Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask Strength Whisky Review.

I’d rather take the black. Johnny Walker Black that is.

American classic with an Austrian twist.

Peaty twist on a clarified milk cocktail.

Edradour distillery, close to Edinburgh and Glasgow, wonderful whisky.

“Port Ellen Movie Theater” - a beautiful peat-and-sherry bomb

Tasting Notes for Lagavulin 2018 Feis (18 year old)

Macallan Distillery’s Six Pillars tour and tasting

Tasting Notes for 4/506 Batch of Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition 2017

Pur Geist (Purgeist) Bavarian Hop Flavored Whisky Review

Pandan Express Cocktail Recipe
2022-01-02
I've experimented with infusing a few spirits, but I find it plays incredibly well with high-proof American Applejack and with some bourbon whiskies. For this one, I used cask strength Bullet Bourbon, Vermouth Terino and Carpano Antica, along with Tom Foolery Applejack. If you can't find Tom Foolery, check out Copper & Kings Butchertown brandy as well. […]
Eastern Cork, Riff on the Corktown Cocktail
2021-08-09
A few years back we visited Boston's Eastern Standard […]
Birch Tree by Nomad Bar
2021-07-31
Coffee liqueuer, Amaro Nonino, sweet vermouth, aged aquavit, and cognac […]
Review #128: Edradour: The Fairy Flag 15 Year Review
2021-07-18
Sylvia received a handful of samples when she visited […]
Review #127: Sovereign Laphroaig Single Cask Whisky Review
2021-06-22
The Sovereign is a sub-brand of the venerable Hunter […]
Breakfast Negroni Cocktail – A Fistfull of Cocoa Puffs
2021-06-13
the highlight of the last Negroni Week was Wildhawk's Breakfast Negroni cocktail. The star ingredient is the Cocoa Puff infused Sweet Vermouth. […]
Review #126: Balcones Healthy Spirits Bottle
2021-06-06
It's exciting to try local products when you travel. […]
Review #125: Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond
2021-05-30
Heaven Hill used to release a 6 year old Bottled in Bond bourbon only in Kentucky. In 2019 the company started releasing a new Bottled in Bond whisky, now aged for 7 years. […]