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
This post is a part serious/part humorous post aimed at approaching peat as new whisky drinker for the first time. If you are an experienced whisky lover, feel free to… Read More »Approaching Peat as a new Scotch whisky drinker
Spend more than a few days looking at YouTube whisky videos and you inevitably run across the concept of integrity presented whisky. If you can’t exactly get your head around… Read More »Intermission: What in the angel’s share is integrity presented whisky?