Welcome back to another fine pairing of two single malts, with the purpose of teasing out those subtle differences and the minuscule details when tasting them side-by-side. I’m always excited to share my thoughts with you, and today, I’m happy to taste one of my favourite drams from Laphroaig! Along the two expressions I am about […]
It’s Sunday night, and I am setting up a tasting just for myself, a bit of sparkling water and some [new] music in the background before I go out for dinner and start a week anew. Sigh. I don’t even want to think about the fact that this year is almost over. Oh well. At […]
I feel honoured and privileged to have been invited to the Blind Tasting Consortium organized by Brian’s Malt Musings. This is basically a group of friends who swap samples and try to discover what they are while sharing their thoughts on Twitter. So I’m a bit of an outsider, but I feel like I fit […]
Today I am exploring a new single malt, courtesy of That Boutique-y Whisky Company (TBWC), an independent bottler which recently celebrated its 10th birthday. As a member of the Atom Brands family, TBWC is on a quest to bottle every distillery (they also do rum and gin), and today’s dram from their 2022 Advent Calendar […]
This week was so busy and full of [other] whisky tastings that I didn’t get a chance to run through my own pairing. On Monday, I had a very interesting journey via Raasay’s cask strength bottlings from various barrels and peated malts. Tuesday, I powered through my “dry day of the week”. Sigh. Wednesday was […]
So the other day I cracked open one of my advent calendars from Cask Explorers and was immediately reminded of how much I enjoyed that entire journey. Today I’m following that up, but doing something a little different. Instead of going for the second dram in the box, I’m popping open the first dram from […]
Welcome back to another fine pairing of two single malts, with the purpose of teasing out those minute details and comparing the tiny differences when tasting them side-by-side. Today’s pairing is a favourite among the followers of these words. And it’s actually a second take! You see, my previous attempt at comparing the Ardbeg Uigeadail […]
Welcome back to another fine pairing of two single malts, with the purpose of teasing out those minute details and the tiny differences when tasting them side-by-side. Today, I am particularly excited to taste one of my favourite drams from Laphroaig, but, as you have already keenly observed, one is a “standard” bottling at [only] […]
Today on the offer for comparing two drams side by side, I’ve got the 10-year-old staple from Ardbeg, “The Ultimate Ten”, which this renowned Islay distillery proclaims to be “the peatiest, smokiest, and most complex single malt of them all” next to their new addition to the Ultimate range, which they call An Oa (pronounced “an oh”)!
I have been thinking about this concept which I call “a favourite on hold“. It’s when you find a favourite composer, author, or, in this case, a producer of whisky, then you invest in it, buying other albums, books, or bottles, and set them aside, knowing that you will definitely love them in that special […]
Two Drams A Day 