ARDMORE SINGLE MALT Cask DL16534; distilled March 1997; bottled October 2022 MASH BILL – 100% malted barley PROOF – 106.6 … Continue reading Ardmore 25 Year Single Malt – Cask Strength Single Cask
After successfully evading COVID for five+ years, that nasty gremlin finally got me! I’m sharing my experience for any other … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 13 – getting my nose back after COVID
The whiskey boom is boring. There I said it. Of course I’m not the first to say it, and I … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 12 – Maintaining Perspective
Curiosity drives this blog for me. So as an explicit subject, it keeps coming back around. I’ve written here about … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 11 – Curiosity, Bunkering, and Bartering
On July 28, 2019, I uploaded my very first post to The Right Spirit. As I post this now, it’s … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 10 – to be continued…
Some whiskeys send you off down a long winding road. Others are a single end point unto themselves. What’s the … Continue reading Destination Whiskeys vs Journey Whiskeys
There are some bottles that impact our whiskey journey more than others. For me, these are whiskeys that maybe opened … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 8: Turning-Point Bottles Pinned To My Journey’s Map
On June 6, 2023, I committed to a year of not buying whiskey. As of this post I’m now six … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 7.5 – halfway through The Year of No Buying
With a home shelf averaging 150 bottles on any given day, do I really need to buy any more? “Need” … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 7 – What would happen if I didn’t buy whiskey for a year?
During a recent two-week dry period, I continued on most evenings to taste three to five whiskeys, but spit them … Continue reading In Defense of Spitting (just whiskey, not other things)
