Groove Appeal Cocktail
The Groove Appeal is simple, just three ingredients and a topping of champagne, and it tastes delicious. you can pre-batch for a brunch.
Review #94: Dalmore 12
The /r/scotch community kind of has a thing going against Dalmore. I agree with a lot of the qualms. For one, it's relatively pricey. The biggest gripe seems to be because it is typically bottled at 40% and chill filtered, which reduces a lot of the strength that whisky aficionados enjoy. "Watery palate" is a good descriptor.
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 #92: Glenallechie 10 Cask Strength
GlenAllechie reopened in 1985, and went independent in 2017. The 2018 releases we tasted were the first released since their transition in ownership.
Review #91: Plantation Single Cask 2 Guatemala XO Review
We tasted six Plantation rums. The Guatemalan expression is finished in Amburana, a South American wood. The dosage was also relatively light, at 8 g/L
Review #90: Plantation Single Cask Barbados XO Amburana Finish Review
A few months back, we did a vertical tasting of Plantation, featuring six single-cask expressions from the French bottler. We tasted blind and took notes in two different notebooks, then compared notes at the end. The Plantation single cask Barbados …
Queen’s Bee Storm
The Queen's Bee storm is another in a series of quick to make champagne cocktails that are ideal for brunch. The drink is a riff on the Groovy Appeal.
Review #89: DOK 1489 Trelawny (Hampden) Review
The DOK rum, clocks in with roughly 4X the ester count of Smith and Cross. It's also unaged, and 69% ABV. Not a good "intro to rum" type spirit.
Review #88: Samaroli Jamaica Rhapsody
Samaroli Jamaica Rhapsody is one of those bottles that rum nerds whisper about. For the uninitiated, Samaroli is an independent bottler located in Scotland
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.