NORTH BRITISH SINGLE GRAIN SCOTCH WHISKY Single barrel #DL15154 selected by K&L (2021) MASH BILL – Unknown un-malted grain mash … Continue reading Toasting a special occasion with a peculiar North British 30 Year Cask Strength Single Grain Whisky
LAPHROAIG 16 YEAR 2022 Limited Release MASH BILL – 100% malted barley PROOF – 96 AGE – 16 years DISTILLERY … Continue reading An Experiment with the 2022 Laphroaig 16 Year Limited Release
To mark the three-year anniversary of The Right Spirit, here are some reflections on what writing 275 posts about whiskey … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 5 – What have three years of writing whiskey notes done to me?
Sunlight, sunset, sunrise… Glowing, smoldering, sparkling… There are many ways to express in words the light that seems to emanate … Continue reading Sunlight in a Glass – on nostalgia and whiskey
CAPITAL! Cask #2015-02 (bottled late 2021) MASH BILL – 100% malted rye PROOF – 106.8 AGE – 5 years DISTILLERY … Continue reading Have you heard of Capital Liquors Project Straight Rye Malt Whisky?
NIKKA WHISKY SINGLE MALT YOICHI MASH BILL – 100% malted barley PROOF – 90 AGE – NAS DISTILLERY – Nikka … Continue reading Nikka Single Malt Yoichi
TAMDHU Refill Hogshead HL18072 MASH BILL – 100% malted barley PROOF – 104 AGE – 20 years 4 months DISTILLERY … Continue reading Tamdhu 20-Year Cask Strength Single Malt
The start of a new year always seems a good time to check in on a whiskey journey, to take … Continue reading A Whiskey Journey Part 4 – on Weller Antique 107 and the Art and Practice of Letting Go
If whiskey is “history in a bottle,” and history is essentially political history, then isn’t whiskey also politics in a … Continue reading Whiskey as History in a Bottle – on curiosity and the (in)curious habit of leaving politics at the door
During the 2021 bourbon hunting season, I haven’t hunted. And I feel great! At the time of this posting, Black … Continue reading Happy Not Hunting
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