Turn on any gambling-related movie, and you’ll quickly spot whisky as the drink of choice on (or off) the poker table. Particularly in movies that involve a dusty old town, men wearing cowboy hats, and a rackety wooden bar, whisky (often paired with a cigar) is indispensable. One of the main reasons they pair so well together is because whisky, ...
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Distillery Gem Glen Moray 15 Year Old Scotch Review
By Alex Southgate Rating: B In the whiskey world you hear certain names and can’t help but hope for good things. This is very much the case when it comes to Glen Moray, perhaps one of the better known Speyside distilleries. We’ll be diving into one of their 15 year old offerings today and I have to say I’m rather ...
Read More »Bruichladdich Black Arts 11.1 Scotch Review (2023)
Updated March 3, 2024 By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Bruichladdich (pronounced “bru-kla-dee”) is one of the distilleries that bucks against the popular image of Islay, the island of peat, or at least they do with one foot. They are one of the whisky-makers on the island that doesn’t do nothing but peated whisky, but that isn’t to say they have ...
Read More »The Coppersmith You’ve Never Heard Of Is Also The Oldest
By Richard Thomas For many whiskey enthusiasts, the beauty of a gleaming copper still takes on a certain romantic allure. That is true whether the enthusiast loves bourbon or Scotch and whether the still is a column or a pot, just so long as it polished. I took to calling photos of these lovely pieces of machinery “copper porn” a ...
Read More »Whisky Sponge Ardmore 22 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Review (2000)
By Alex Southgate Rating: B I’m having a month of returning to particular whiskies, and this is continuing with a return to the Ardmore Distillery. In this particular case, I am taking on a 22 year old expression bottled back in 2000, bottled by Whisky Sponge. I seem to remember enjoying my last experience with this distillery’s malt, so I’m ...
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