If you are a frequent visitor to Road to Dram, you may have noticed a small break in my posts over the past week. I have to “thank” the seasonal… Read More »Independent Bottlers 101: how IBs’ cask and ageing choices create a whisky multiverse.
One of the peculiarities of independently bottled whiskies is the use, from time to time, of synonyms for certain distillery names. This can leave both novice drinkers and, occasionally, experts,… Read More »Independent Bottlers 101: Decoding Independent Bottlers’ Distillery Synonyms.
In the introduction to David Stirk’s Independent Scotch, Serge Valentin of WhiskyFun fame, recalls the first time he came across Independently Bottled Whisky, describing it as “unknown distilleries, all packaged… Read More »Independent Bottlers 101: How to Read an Independent Bottler’s Label
I have been looking forward to starting this new series on Independent Bottlers for a while. As I started jotting down my drafts, I was focusing mainly on writing reviews… Read More »Independent Bottlers 101: What is an Independent Bottler?
After a little diversion, it is time to return to the regular review program. I need a little break from Scottish Whisky to avoid fatigue. So it is time for a short Irish vacation. Today I start with a review of Midleton’s Redbreast 12, one of the Irish whiskies most suggested to beginners.
After exploring ex-bourbon cask whisky, I am moving on to look at the other side of the barrel ageing coin. This post is an introduction to Sherry cask whisky ageing, Stay tuned for more reviews of easy-to-find, original bottling, sherry-forward single malts.
This Altmore 12 year old review completes my exploration of entry-level single malts exclusively aged in ex-bourbon casks, but more importantly it made me discover how small the single malt market really is
Today I review the Deansto 12 year old, another single malt exclusively aged in bourbon casks. By the end of it, I learned an important lesson about objective quality vs personal taste
As part of the advice for new drinkers I shared, I touched on how a new drinker like me should find what resonates with their taste before delving deeper into… Read More »Deep diving into Bourbon-aged malts: Old Pulteney 12-year-old review
There is a load of whisky advice online nowadays. Getting into whisky as a new drinker should be easy, right? Not so fast buckaroo. I caught the whisky bug almost… Read More »6 tips for new whisky drinkers from a new whisky drinker