I’m back for another side-by-side tasting of two single malts. Finally! For the last week, for one reason or another, I’ve been drinking some pretty low-grade blended whiskies (Scotch and Japanese), but I do not regret the experience. It highlights the difference between widely available consumer-shelf blends as peddled by Diageo and Co. and some […]
Welcome to another fine side-by-side whisky tasting, although I doubt that you will be randomly landing here from a search via the internet – it’s not like “English Whisky” or “Staoisha” are some of the most popular keywords. I feel like I could be writing about unique whisky for years, and yet, most of my […]
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 […]
Tasting whisky side by side indeed creates perspective. I am reminded of this fact over and over again. Especially when, at the end of this tasting [to which we will get shortly], I have poured myself a dram of a very peaty blended malt, which I’ve been marrying myself for a couple of weeks now […]
I’m nearly finished with the Scotch Whisky Advent Calendar presented last year by Drinks By The Dram. Yesterday, I was impressed with the inclusion of The Macallan 12-year-old Double Cask, and today’s 23rd dram of this journey is a mysterious Darkness 8-Year-Old with a Sherry Finish. I seem to recognize this label and quickly jump […]
Two Drams A Day 