1 tag

The Shackleton Whisky: Mackinlay’s Rare Old...

This all but lost “rare old” recipe for blended Scotch whisky is a tale of two expeditions—one to bring it to its frozen resting place beneath the floor boards of the base hut located at Cape Royds, Antarctica, and a second one to recover it from there.  Ernest Shackleton was one of the great explorers of his age and was able to secure not only funding for the 1907 Nimrod Expedition to...

Jun 15th

2 tags

Glassware Review : Villeroy and Boch Single Grain...

Reminder: Thanks to Villeroy and Boch, to win a set of Villeroy and Boch glasses, insert your whisky and tweet: “Thanks @whiskyparty and @villeroyundboch Send me a glass and I will raise it and drink “ You can play “More Than a Feeling” by filling these with whisky and rubbing the rims. Villeroy and Boch Single Grain Lowlands Whiskey Tumbler The box for this Villeroy and Boch whisky...

Jun 9th

1 note

2 tags

Glassware Review: Villeroy and Boch Gourmet...

note: A big thanks to Debbie at Villeroy & Boch for sending us a few glass samples and for letting us  give a pair of these glasses away to a reader.  We apparently just like giving things away.  If you want to be in the running, tweet us by 5 PM Sunday, June 12th, with the whisky you’ll be drinking with the glassware.  We’ll figure out someone to send them to and DM you. To win,...

Jun 7th