A Spirited Father’s Day Suggestion-A Look at the Johnie Walker Portfolio
Johnnie Walker, the blended whiskey known for its infamous label system. Five bottlings, five colors. With Father’s day around the corner, the Johnnie Walker portfolio seems to have an offering...
View ArticleA Spirited Father’s Day Suggestion-Laphroaig 18
After taking a look at Four Roses Bourbon and the Johnie Walker line of Blended Whiskies earlier in the week, we now come to one of the greats of Islay Whiskies, Laphroaig 18. Laphroaig, the infamous...
View ArticleSpirited Father’s Day Suggestion-A Look at Talisker 10 Year and Glenkinchie...
After looking at a few different spirits in our Spirited Father’s Day coverage over this past week, we’re wrapping up with two final whiskies from the Classic Malts family of whiskies. With a range...
View ArticleA Look at Ardmore Traditional Cask
From the far southeast region of Scotland, known as the Speyside Region comes Ardmore Traditional Cask. Released in 2008, Ardmore Traditional Cask is the first bottling from the Ardmore Distillery,...
View ArticleA look at Glenrothes 1994
After previously taking a look at the Glenrothes 1985 bottling and the Alba Reserve from Glenrothes, we came across their latest vintage release, Glenrothes 1994 which hit store shelves a few months...
View ArticleA look at the blend behind Chivas 18
After taking a look at Chivas 18 towards the end of last year, we decided to take another look at the blended whisky. And yes it’s actually that good, though this time we looked at it from a slightly...
View ArticleA look at Black Grouse Blended Whisky.
What happens if you take Famous Grouse, a blended whisky that’s made by combining whiskies such as Highland Park and Macallan and add an Islay component to the final blend? A spirit such as Black...
View ArticleThe Alberto Simmons Cocktail
Sometimes the origin of a cocktail name has some history behind it–maybe it’s an inside joke or reference to a movie. Perhaps it’s paying homage to the mood the creator of the recipe was in when they...
View ArticleIslay Ah Huh cocktail with featuring Johnnie Walker Double Black.
Recently I was working on a few new whisky cocktails and I decided to grab a bottle of Johnnie Walker Double Black to work with. What’s the difference between Johnie Walker Double Black and Johnnie...
View ArticleDiageo World Class Entry:The Traveling Woodsman
For the past two years I’ve been privileged enough to participate in Diageo’s World Class competition here in the United States. The competition has continued to grow larger and more intense each year....
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