Welcome back to another round of RECYCLED, where I quickly review the bottles leaving my shelves and decide whether I should repurchase them. Then you, too, can learn from my mistakes and treasures. It seems I polished off quite a few in a short while, but plenty of these were pretty low for over a […]
It’s time for one more bottlekill to cover. I’m pretty sure no one is actually reading these words, but, as with any weblog, this is more for me than someone else. So, I will take down these notes for the future in order to capture the past. If this ends up being of any interest, […]
Welcome back to another tasting of two whiskies, where I compare them side-by-side to understand the differences, pick out a favourite, and hopefully learn something new along the way. Most of the time, I cover single malts, but today I’m turning to blended malts. In the left corner of the ring, we’ve got an 18-year-old […]
Welcome back to another fine pairing of two single malts, where I explore the tiny variations of different casks, the maturation process, and, of course, the final product as delivered by an independent bottler, even if the whisky is from the same producer. In this case, both of these drams are from Craigellachie distillery, both […]
Welcome back to another side-by-side tasting, where I try two whiskies and see which one I like and, more importantly, why. This is how I learn, folks, and I hope you’ll learn along with me. Up for a sip is the 8th dram from Cask Explorer’s 2022 Advent Calendar (Emerald Edition). I know, it’s May, […]
Welcome back to another instalment of my never-ending journey of pairing two single malts and trying to find out which one I like more and, most importantly, why. This is an ongoing refinement of my understanding of Scotch whiskies [and more], and hopefully, you’ll learn something along the way as well. In today’s tasting, I’m […]
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 […]
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). […]
I am desperately trying to get to some sense of normalcy. Even if it’s a routine that is outside the normalcy as I’ve known it up till now. And this pattern, which I established and enjoyed at the end of last year [2021], had me pairing whisky side by side. This was before the almost […]
Writing about whisky during the ongoing insanity of current events is no different than writing about music. In the process, with these words, these sounds, and the warming feeling at the centre of my body, I seek refuge from the unnecessary clash. It’s still a little difficult to truly ‘enjoy’ either one of these activities, […]
Two Drams A Day 