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Whisky Para Torcedores: The Exclusive Malts 2005 Laphroaig 8 Year Old Single...
The best Islay whisky I’ve ever drunk – thanks to Bikram at Norfolk Wine & Spirits – was the 25 year old cask strength Laphroaig distillery bottling released in 2011. Truly magnificent. The Ardbeg...
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A Few Precious Sips of Kubla Khan: A.D. Rattray’s 34 Year Old Cask Strength...
The great, too little read Robert Browning, in his poem “Andrea del Sarto” from the collection Dramatis Personae, has the painter speak this line: Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or...
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Icarus in a Bottle: The Classic Cask’s 1989 Bunnahabhain 24 Year Old Single...
In Greek myth, Icarus was the son of the master inventor Daedalus. When Icarus and his father are about to attempt an escape from Crete with wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers, twine and...
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Speyside Beauty: The Classic Cask’s 1993 Glen Keith 20 Year Old Single Cast...
Yesterday, when I sat down with this delightful whisky to write my notes for this review, I didn’t own, nor had I ever seen, a bottle of it for sale. My tasting session was conducted with two 30ml...
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A Fine Full Day in a Dram: Chieftain’s Glentauchers 1992 20 Year Old Cask...
Life is good. That is a proposition that hadn’t occurred to me for months. There is so much stress and so little free time in my current situation – working a full time research and editing job,...
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A Hiccup in Trueheartedness: My Sidetracking Affaire de Coeur with California...
Remember these names: Hubert Germain-Robin, Ansley Coale and Dan Farber. And this book: American Spirit: An Exploration of the Craft Distilling Revolution. I’m asking you to remember what I am...
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Like a Master Boatwright’s Apprentice: The Classic Cask’s 1991 Bunnahabhain...
Bunnahabhain is one of those distilleries I can usually pick out of a line-up – especially independent bottlings of it. Its juice, in those instances, typically displays a very tight, subtle structure...
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Fandango in a Glass: SMWS 93.61 CalMac Welder’s Tea Break 14 Year Old Single...
This 60ml sample was sent to me by the generous people at Spirit Imports, Inc., “Purveyors of Ultra Premium Distilled Spirits” such as the distinguished lines from McGibbon’s Provenance and The Classic...
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Robust Rosewater Purr: The Creative Whisky Co.’s Exclusive Malts Glen Garioch...
I have never had a full dram of the standard releases of Glen Garioch, the Founder’s Reserve, the 12 year old, etc., but I have been fortunate enough to indulge in several drams from the cask strength...
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