It’s time for another round of spring cleaning, where I cover my “bottlekills” in this edition of RYCYCLED. Yes, I could just throw these bottles out, but I figured that I’d take a moment for one final farewell, covering my thoughts on each in hopes of preserving them for the future. If this, for some […]
It’s January 1st, 2024, and it’s time to throw out those empty bottles that I have collected over the last couple of months. Why haven’t I trashed them beforehand? Well, I wanted to see if I could write up this article reflecting on their contents first. I will admit that this was inspired by Roy’s […]
Hello, friends and whisky enthusiasts. Old, new and everything in between! Perhaps you’ve been following me since the beginning, or maybe you’ve just stumbled onto this write-up from the mighty forces of the Internet. In any case, welcome to another side-by-side tasting where, together with you, I compare two whiskies, pick apart their notes, and […]
Today I’m trying out two of Lagavulin’s excellent expressions – the staple 16-year-old which you may find on nearly every menu, and its younger, but more distinctive sibling, the 12-year-old from the 2021 Special releases set by Diageo.
Last night I went to [another] tasting hosted to Soho’s Milroy’s showcasing Elixir Distillers‘ two Scotch whisky brands: Port Askaig and Elements of Islay. I was initially going to compare these side by side and cover them as a regular writeup on here [after all, this is the concept behind these musings], but since instead […]
Since the subject of this post may be a little confusing, let me try and explain. The first bottle, the 2006 Distillers Edition, is part of Diageo’s series where they take on their distilleries’ single malts and finish them in different casks to showcase “new perspectives on these well-loved drams.” This bottle is still available […]
In this roundup, I explore two of Diageo‘s 2021 Special Releases, titled Legends Untold. This is their 20th annual instalment (the series began in 2001), highlighting the diversity of their owned distilleries while offering some hidden gems and never before released bottlings. This time, they also unified the series with label illustrations from Ken Taylor, […]
Two Drams A Day 