November 2009
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Tasting Notes: Strathisla 1963 (Gordon & MacPhail)
Update: So I went back for another dram of this last night, only to have the price quoted to me as $30/glass. I guess I just got lucky and the bartender didn’t know what he was serving last weekend.
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I think I may have stumbled across the best deal on whisky in all of Brooklyn.
The other Mike was in town for the holiday last...
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Tasting Notes: Three Expressions of Connemara...
Irish whisky isn’t normally my scene. In fact, before this tasting, the most Irish whisky I’d had was a couple shots of Jameson while quoting references to The Wire. But Dan brought me back three miniature bottles of Connemara - a peated Irish whisky - from a trip he took this summer, and I thought it was time to give them a try. The Connemara website is currently undergoing a...
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WhiskyFest SF: The Toasts of Simon Brooking,...
WhiskyFest San Francisco was a wonderful event. It was filled with friendly (if at points sometimes strange) whisky fans, fantastic drinks, and some pretty amazing folks from the distilleries. I will be posting several stories of my experiences there (ask me about the John Hansell doppelganger) and some videos and pictures that I took, but first and foremost, I need to speak about the man, the...
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Tasting Notes: Highland Park 15
All the love recently for Highland Park reminded me how much I particularly enjoy this Orcadian distillery’s whisky, and so here’s some tasting notes on their very delicious and unique 15 year old expression.
Highland Park 15 year old
Abv: 43%
Color: deep gold with a coppery hue.
Legs: rather slow, a nice medium-small size; this dram looks great and inviting.
Nose: floral at...
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News from Laphroaig's Simon Brookings
Last night Laphroaig’s brand ambassador Simon Brooking was here in Brooklyn for a free tasting of the Ardmore Traditional Cask, Laphroaig 10, Laphroaig Quarter Cask, and Laphroaig 18.
I went to the last tasting of the night, attended mostly by the staff of my local wine shop, and we were also lucky to get a sample of Laphroaig Cairdeas and Laphroaig 25 (both really awesome, but no tasting...
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Tasting Notes: Lagavulin 12 Special Release 2007
Poor Lagavulin. It’s neighboring Islay distilleries - Ardbeg and Laphroaig - were my real introduction to scotch whisky, and Lagavulin has always played 3rd fiddle to those two greats in my book. But I’ve made a conscious effort in recent months to give Lagavulin more attention, and it is definitely beginning to grow on me.
Lagavulin’s core expression here in the US is the 16...
