I’m not going to get into the whiskey v. whisky thing again, I think I already stepped deeply enough into that one.
But when thinking of cold weather booze I have to mention this beloved brown liquor. When it comes to whiskey, it’s all good - Irish, Scotch or Bourbon.
Each one has it’s own tradition […]
Filed under: Bourbon, scotch, irish, cold weather booze on January 28th, 2010 | No Comments »
Do you know who Ernest Shackleton was? After Columbus, he might be the most famous explorer who didn’t find what he was looking for.
In 1909 he and his team attempted to go to the South Pole. When supplies ran out they had to turn back before making it.
Now we know that they left […]
Filed under: whisky, scotch on November 20th, 2009 | No Comments »
I think it was George Carlin who neatly divided all other drivers on the road between idiots and morons. The idiots are anyone who is driving faster than you as in “Would you look at that idiot go?” Morons are anyone who is driving slower than you, especially if they are in your […]
Filed under: whisky, scotch on February 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For most Scotch lovers the art of the thing is what’s inside the bottle. Since Scotch is on the pricier end of the booze spectrum I haven’t had the chance to taste a lot of really fine bottles. But the few that I have tried left indelible sense memories that are as strong […]
Filed under: whiskey, whisky, scotch on October 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
Scotch maker Glenfiddich recently announced that they’ve selected the lucky barrel for this years vintage reserve release. The barrel, cask #4414 for those keeping score are home, was put away on March 7th, all the way back in 1977. For the past three decades it’s been developing the hints of malt cereal, smokiness […]
Filed under: whisky, scotch on June 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
On my last post about whisky and aging a fellow by the name of Doug left a comment. He suggested that we check out his community for whisky lovers. Oh boy, another themed myspace clone, right? But no, I think that they’ve really got something here.
Filed under: whiskey, whisky, scotch on May 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
What does it mean when the label on a bottle of whiskey declares it to be 12 years old?
Filed under: whiskey, Bourbon, whisky, scotch on May 12th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Islay Distiller releases the biggest bottle of Scotch whisky in the world.
Filed under: whiskey, whisky, scotch on August 2nd, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Beer Blog blogger muses about the authenticity of the stuff in Scotch bottles.
Filed under: whiskey, whisky, scotch on July 29th, 2007 | No Comments »