A Wardrobe of Whiskyis a splendidly put-together site. It combines an attractive interface with an awful lot of features, in a way that never feels forced or counterintuitive. Miguel’s Whisky-o-matic…
I had been looking forward to trying Laphroaig’s Quarter Cask for some time. To say it did not disappoint would be as unjust a diminution as saying that Charles Dickens…
You’d be surprised how many supposed connoisseurs scoff when you tell them you add water to a dram. It’s one of the more controversial aspects to whisky drinking (if that’s…
An interesting post from The Drinks Businessthis week highlights what they see as the top ten ‘emerging whisky trends’. Some of the things that they identify are rather interesting –…
You really ought to visit The Bull’s Head in Mobberley, Cheshire. No, really. Not only is it a lovely-looking pub from the outside, but the food is quite sublime (I recommend their…
Noah’s Mill is a whiskey of real heft. It’s bottled at 57.15% ABV (114.3 proof), but its strength doesn’t mask its character. Its fifteen years in American white oak have…
Lordy-lord, this is one hell of a whisky. I’m still reeling from it, unsure what to write, aware that there are few words in the English language to describe such…
Much like Josh recently, I’ve hopped across the Atlantic with this review and can now imagine myself in deepest Tennessee on a warm, quiet spring evening with a Jack Daniel’s…
In 1994, exactly 100 years after the distillery was founded, Knockdhu rebranded itself as anCnoc (pronounced something like ‘a-knock’). Essentially, it was to avoid confusion with another Speyside distillery, Knockando.…
Sometimes the box is enough to give something of the whisky away: the bright green of a Glenfiddich 12 perhaps betrays its fruitiness. Similarly, the white, clean simplicity of an…
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