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 […]
Welcome back to another fine tasting of two single malts, where I compare them side-by-side to really understand the difference, pick a favourite, and hopefully learn something new along the way. As usual, I’ve got a rather exciting pair to face off today (or at least that’s how I feel at the beginning of this […]
Welcome back to another fine side-by-side tasting of two single malts to really tease out those tiny details and then pick a favourite. With that in mind, I try to pick “comparable” whiskies by being very similar in many categories (style, age, barrel, ABV, etc.) and slightly different in others. In today’s pairing, we have […]
Last night I had the pleasure of spending a few hours in the company of Gordon & MacPhail, tasting some of their unique and archival bottlings (some not available anywhere for sale) from the Distillery Labels and Connoisseurs Choice series. I’ve had six different samples, and instead of comparing two drams side by side, as […]
Today, or rather over the course of a couple of days, I set upon a blind tasting of six drams, courtesy of The Spirits Embassy. Given that each sample is indeed only about 30ml, I do not intend to consume all of this alcohol in one sitting. I mean, of course, I can, but I […]
I am very excited about today’s tasting! Mostly because I’m pairing the Mortlach 13-year-old, which is a natural cask strength single malt from the refill and virgin oak casks, with a very similar style single malt from the Balvenie, which is a 12-year-old first-fill [same as “virgin”] single barrel. Both are from Speyside and pretty […]
Well, it’s the end of 2021, and although the world is out there celebrating “something”, inside it’s just another night, which will roll into a new day, and so on, till our home remains within the orbit. So instead of doomsday thoughts, I choose to focus on the whisky. For this round, I select two […]
Two Drams A Day 