Still Waters New Make Rye [Aging Experiment]

Hey /r/worldwhisky[1] , it’s experiment time again! So I started off with a an experiment in my mini cask. All of this was completely experimental, I had no idea what I was doing, and I bought 3 different new makes to age. After asking around, I planned out my aging and went ahead. The first […]

Johnnie Walker Black Label

I… I think I completely forgot I had reviewed this one until I found a review sitting around. Guess that goes to show, eventually you can drink too much whisky, have too much fun, and eat too much butter. Side note: Seriously, why do people rag on English food so much? I really enjoyed it! […]

Clynelish 14

Last full day in the UK, and I wanted to end my long, long list of whisky reviews (oh god my liver hurts) with an advanced, interesting, and sometimes maligned dram before leaving. Yup, it’s time to review another from the Next Level malts list, the Clynelish 14. I happened to butch the name as […]

Auchentoshan Heartwood

It’s no secret (or at least it shouldn’t be a secret) that I feel there should be more Lowland reviews on /r/Scotch[1] . And the reason is simple: They do things very different from the other regions. On some level, you can point to connections between the other regions. Islay does peat, however Speyside sometimes […]

Talisker Port Ruighe

It’s the last night at our friends house in the UK, and I’m getting nearer to the end of the liver destroying vacation that I needed, badly. I don’t know about you, but when I’m on vacation, I want to eat well, and drink well. And drinking well means getting some interesting and new whisky […]

Bunnahabhain 18

During the Bunnahabhain 12 community review it was actually the first time I’d ever tried anything from the Distillery. Here’s what I knew: It was an Islay I liked Islays because they are peaty It wasn’t peaty, and they buck trends. Okay, so I’m a little worried at this point. However I went through with […]

Dalmore 15

As I mentioned in my past review of Dalmore 12, I’ve run low on really rare malts to try at our favourite pub in Leicester, The Parcel Yard. Thus I’m forced to try out some malts that I can’t get back home that I typically move away from. Dalmore’s are not cheap. That’s a given […]

Inverleven 1991 Gordon & MacPhail

Confession time: When I first saw a bottle of Inverleven Gordon & MacPhail 1991 at the pub, I honestly thought it wasn’t a whisky. The label was far away, I’m almost as blind as a bat, and it just doesn’t look like a Scotch. It looks like a tequila or a high end buffalo grass […]

Cambus 20 1991 Signatory Vintage Cask Strength Collection

And now for a couple of weirdos. I was out of SMWS, and noticed two interesting bottles on the top shelf of the Parcel Yard. Finding out that they were, in fact, Scotch, I asked for a dram of each (on two separate occasions, otherwise liver = dead). The first was the Cambus 1991 Signatory […]

Dalmore 12

We’re all starting to hit that point in the trip where it turns out that our otherwise healthy habits of not running and eating food with butter in it aren’t helping us walk 4 hours a day and drink every day. Go figure, eh? Unfortunately, the bar I’ve been enjoying, the Parcel Yard in Leicester, […]