If you’re new here, welcome to Two Drams A Day! Each article is a personal journey where I pair two whiskies, often Scotch single malts among others, to discover the subtle differences that make each one unique and special. My approach is hands-on and intimate: I taste these whiskies side-by-side and share my real-time observations, […]
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome back to the long-awaited instalment of Two Drams A Day, which, for one reason or another, has been something more akin to Two Drams a Month these days because, well, I’ve just been busy with my life. But don’t you worry, I have been drinking Scotch! I may […]
Welcome back to another entry in my journey of whisky, in particular, Scotch single malts, where I taste two unique expressions side-by-side, take down some notes on how they compare to each other, pick out a favourite, and hopefully learn something new in the process. I think it’s unlikely that you’ve landed on this page […]
Welcome back to another fantastic pairing of two single malts! Up for tasting today is the dram behind door number 5 of the Cask Explorer‘s Advent Calendar, Diamond Edition, and it’s a very welcome surprise from Fox Fitzgerald under the Peat’s Beast label, which is a 30-year-old secret Scotch whisky. It’s becoming difficult for me […]
Welcome back to another fine side-by-side tasting! And today, I am not just trying out single malts! Up for a bout is a pair of two single grains from two Scotch Lowland distilleries, which still makes them whisky and still makes them “scotch”. We’ll discuss the particulars as we discover these together, but first, we […]
Welcome back to another exciting tasting of two single malts, where I spend some time discovering each relative to the other to peel apart those intricate details. For this particular pairing, I took some notes on the side while taking my sips and then reflected on the overall experience. There were a few surprises along […]
I’ve been on some kind of a 21-year-old Speyside sherried kick lately. And although I’m mostly a self-proclaimed peat-head, since I’m enjoying this particular style of Scotch, let’s just keep going! But first, let’s review the last week of tastings. First, I compared the Glengoyne 21-year-old distillery bottling against a Douglas Laing single cask (same […]
In my tasting of Glengoyne 21-year-old vs GlenDronach 21-year-old, I was shocked to find the latter left a pretty undesired sulfuric aftertaste on my palate, especially after adding some water to this single malt. I’m also beginning to wonder about oxidization in this bottle, which, if I had to admit, has been open on my shelves […]
I admit, I am more than a bit impressed with the Glengoyne distillery, particularly its 21-year-old bottling from the core range, which I have compared against a same-aged single cask pour from an independent bottler Douglas Laing, in the last round. In that writeup, I also dropped a “sherry-bomb” reference, so that got me thinking […]
To get some confusion out of the way, I want to clarify the title of this write-up. This is a side-by-side comparison of Glengoyne‘s 21-year-old distillery bottling next to Glengoyne’s 21-year-old single cask independent bottling by Douglas Laing from their Old Particular range. The latter is a single cask from 1997 distillation (REF – DL12817). […]
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