December 2009
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40 Whiskies Under $40: Chivas Regal 12
Chivas Regal 12
If you’ve been keeping up with the whisky blogosphere lately, you’ll have noticed that Pernod Ricard has been admirably putting their Chivas Regal 18 up against the much more expensive Johnnie Walker Blue. The overall feeling (at least from those who are passionate enough about whisky to write about it on the internet) is that Chivas won, especially when it comes to...
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Tasting Notes: The BenRiach Curiositas Peated 10...
The BenRiach Distillery, which one can find in Speyside south of Elgin and right near the Longmorn Distillery, is “independently owned” by a small three-man team (who have recently acquired Glendronach as well). BenRiach, with its “onion-shaped stills,” won Malt Advocate’s Distillery of the Year in 2007, and continues to produce high-quality, interesting, and,...
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The Blend of Kings: Chivas Regal 18 Year Gold...
For the holidays, Pernod Ricard is suggesting their Chivas Regal 18 year old Gold Signature blended Scotch as an alternative to the globally known and respected, but exorbitantly expensive, Johnnie Walker Blue Label (with no age statement). It’s our job, along with other media outlets around the internet, to make the comparison for you. Our main evaluation concerns the whisky itself, but...
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Ola Dubh: Highland Park Aged Beer
This is a whisky blog, but we’re also big beer drinkers here at Whisky Party - particularly when it comes to interesting micro brews. So we were pretty thrilled when Dodgy Drammer came across Ola Dubh.
Ola Dubh is a an ale, best described as a stout, from Harviestoun Brewery in the UK. That by itself wouldn’t be all that special, but Ola Dubh has been aged in ex-Highland Park whisky...
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40 Whiskies Under $40: Balvenie DoubleWood
The Balvenie is a distillery I seem to always hear quite a bit about, but tend to pass by to continue to purchase some of my other standards, or save up for some big purchase. I decided the other day to give it a chance and purchase The Balvenie Double Wood, aged 12 years.
Balvenie Doublewood
The Balvenie distillery has been owned and managed by the same independent family company for 5...
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Tasting Notes: Glenfiddich 18 year old
Founded in 1886 and still held by the Grant family, this Dufftown distillery in the Valley of the Deer pioneered the sale of single malt against the common wisdom of the blend-dominated post-war Scotch industry. Traditionally, Glenfiddich ages 90% of its whisky in new oak and refill bourbon barrels and then marries that with the 10% aged in Oloroso sherry casks; the marriage takes place in...
