When I was a kid and watched adults take down shots of vodka, I never really understood what they meant when they said about someone, “he doesn’t know how to drink“. Later, of course, I realised it’s all about handling one’s alcohol [and behaving properly while intoxicated]. But I think it also can encapsulate the […]
Glenfarclas is a family-owned independent distillery in Ballindalloch (Speyside), and it’s one of those bottlings that avid collectors of all vintage years aim to show off on their shelves. After all, The Family Casks, a collection of 43 single casks bottlings starting from 1952 to 1994, is the largest in the world. Luckily for you, […]
I will begin this write-up by confessing that this tasting is a “redo”. I originally compared these two drams side by side about a week ago, at the very end of my journey through the 2021st edition of the Scotch Whisky Advent Calendar. I finally finished it all (!), and the very last pour was […]
It’s interesting to compare one distillery against the other. Especially when I pick bottlings of equal age, style, ABV and most importantly, their maturation process. It’s only then the slightest notes of one begin to possibly outshine the shadows of the other. But what about bottlings from the same distillery of different ages, ABV and […]
I’m pretty excited about today’s pairing. First of all, because it’s from one of my only recently discovered and immediately newly favourite distilleries, and second, because I get to compare an entry-level distillery bottling against an independent, albeit a much older single cask whisky. It already sounds like the 22-year-old will win this round, but […]
Two Drams A Day 