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
I started this series of reviews on Blended Whiskies by asking if they might be a better option to many popular entry-level Single Malts. In this post, I round up… Read More »4 Blended whiskies better than entry-level Single Malts
Today’s review is the Cutty Sark Prohibition, an affordable and popular blend owned by La Martiniquaise, France’s second-largest liquor brand and owners of Glen Moray. TL:DR: Not a dram I’d… Read More »Cutty Sark Prohibition review: my anti-snobbery booster shot
Today I continue my foray with something very different from anything I tried before. Forget categories and forget country of origin – if you want to try a whisky breaking… Read More »And now for something completely different: Woven Superblend review
It would be pretty much impossible to talk and test the next generation of Scotch blends, without a review of Adelphi’s Maclean’s Nose. It is a blend which already has… Read More »Adelphi Maclean’s Nose Blended Scotch review
Continuing my blended scotch intermission from Singe Malt, today I am reviewing the Thompson Bro.s TB/BSW. The TB/BSW certainly comes with a high reputation, having won the 2023 OSWAs as… Read More »Thompson Bro.s TB/BSW Blended Scotch Review
This review of the Compass Box Artist blend is part of a series of posts where I will explore if the new wave of blended Scotch is a better entry-level… Read More »Blended Scotch Intermission & Compass Box Artist Blend Review
Today I am wrapping up my first steps into peated single malt with a side-by-side quick snap comparison of the three peated entry-level whiskies I reviewed over the past week.… Read More »Side by side tasting: Entry level peated single malt
TL:DR: The original peat bomb, simple but reliable, delivering even at 40% abv Vote*: 6, Good stuff For the last of my introductory peat drams I am choosing to review… Read More »Laphroaig 10 year old review and a sample of Lore