The Famous Grouse Smoky Black

So here’s the thing. The rub, if you will. This past December I did a type of Advent Calendar. My wife went through my samples, chose 24 of them, and then handed them to me blind. But the thing is I take a long time to write these, get them up, have the images put […]

The Famous Grouse Celebration Blend [Mystery Review]

Thanks to /u/cake_my_day for the mystery sample. You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. As a reader, you’re not drinking the dram, you’re reading about it. Sober, inebriated, or rather just staring at a screen. Nonetheless, the dram ahead of you only says Scotch. You are entering: […]

The Naked Grouse

I talked about Grouse recently, and here we are, with a naked one. And that’s what I told the officer. Unfortunately he forgot to write something down, blah blah blah, I’m not allowed at any avian sanctuaries anymore but no prison time. A few months ago (and a lot of drams ago) I reviewed a […]

A Volley of Grouse [Famous, Snow, Black, Black Alpha]

(Thanks to /u/muaddib99 for the Black Grouse Alpha) This may count as a volley. Or not. Grouse tend to be solitary, so when one finally sees a bunch of grouse, it’s hard to say if it’s a volley or not. That being said, I’m talking about whisky, and not birds. I’d hate to see what would […]