The Cooper Union
So I realize now as I’m typing this that I misspelled the cocktail name on our latest Instagram post as the “Copper Union” but it’s too late and no one mentioned it, so I won’t be sweating it.
Despite not …
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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 …
Review #95: Highland Park 2005 Octave
Vancouver is fun to visit, but there is a 90% chance it will rain at some point and then one needs an indoors activity contingency plan. For us, this typically involves liquor stores. In particular, I was very keen on …
Review #93: Kavalan Manzanilla Solist
This story starts with the basis that I am a very deal-oriented person. If I see a plane flight that has 7 extra hours of flight time combined with layover time but is $400 cheaper, I will purchase that over …
Review #87: Virginia Distilling Brewers Batch
The whisky is 100% malt, and is a blend of sourced Scottish whisky and some distilled on site. It's finished for a year in casks that used to hold ale.
Review #78: BenRiach 21 Temporis Peated
BenRiach, besides being a fun name to say, turns out some underrated excellent whiskies. They’re known mostly for their experimental approach to cask types. Most of their line-up has focused on unpeated offerings.
Our local Glendronach/BenRiach representative (Rory Glasgow) turned …
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.
Sharingan Cocktail
Was thinking the other day: what’s the point in having so many awesome amari if I don’t make more drinks with them! Good point, good point. Amaro Meletti is balanced, caramel, honey and sweet with a complicated back palate that …
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.
Review #76: Akashi White Oak 5 Year White Wine Single Malt
This is a continuation of the series of posts on whiskies we tried in Japan. Most of the places we visited were scotch focused with only small allocations of Japanese whisky but the cocktail bars, particularly the ones that are …