I just came back from spending nearly a month in Japan, where, as you can imagine, I’ve had the opportunity to explore a lot more local products that have not been exported to other regions. I’ve visited a few distilleries, and I’ve had plenty of drams, not to mention the abundance of beer, sake, and […]
Welcome back to another entry in my fascinating journey with whisky. Today I take a detour from the regularly scheduled programming [where I usually try two different whiskies side by side] and instead call out an intermission, in which I’ll play with blending whiskies on my own. I’ve been interested in doing this for a […]
I was initially going to title this write-up “Best Scotch Whisky of 2022”, but to be honest, how could I pick the best when I haven’t even tasted it all? I spent the year on my own journey and surely missed a ton of exceptional whiskies, new releases, and hidden gems. I don’t think anyone […]
There are plenty of things to avoid at an airport. My number one obstacle, of course, is people, along with their screaming offspring. And yet, there are treasures (pleasures?) to find at a nearby duty-free shop, which could make it all worthwhile. Or at least for a moment or two. You see, the duty-free shops […]
The quietude at the end of the year is a good time to take stock of my whisky collection and see where I want to go with it next. One of the biggest issues I have at the moment is the number of open bottles. By my calculations [and whiskybase tracking], it’s approaching 60. That’s […]
Let’s talk about Diageo. This publicly traded company (DEO) operates over 130 global sites, owns 28 Scotch whisky distilleries, and many other alcoholic beverages, including Guinness, Smirnoff, and Baileys, with its leading and most widely distributed brand of blended Scotch whisky, the infamous Johnnie Walker. In 2022 it reported a net income of 3.3B GBP, […]
I first came upon the term #bottlekill via Twitter (so it’s more of a hashtag rather than an actual term). A finished bottle of whisk[e]y was proudly and often somewhat sadly displayed by its previous owner, sometimes upside down, to celebrate and commemorate a dear departed friend. As you may have already guessed by following […]
Scotch continues to be the drink of choice here, but there’s no denying that occasionally I make some room for a cocktail. Whether as an aperitif before a meal or a sip on my porch during a warm day – there’s something about a cocktail that can be forgiven. If you are a technical person […]
Two Drams A Day 