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Glenfiddich Malt Master’s Edition – A Long Night’s Journey To A Pleasant End
I’ve touched on this observation before, that one should not judge a malt whisky based on the first few drams poured from a newly opened bottle. A whisky’s complex of sensory triggers changes, often...
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Bunnahabhain 18 – What Makes Scheherazade Glisten in the Night?
The deep, rich intricacy of a dear, luxurious Persian rug, with all the stories, from text and notes, found in Sir Richard Burton’s translation of The Thousand and One Arabian Nights – all of this...
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Puissant Juice of Insouciance – The English Whisky Co.’s Classic Single Malt,...
A distillate of the sweat of Hercules – or, rather, of Geb, the Egyptian God of the Earth – or maybe it’s eau de Gaia, Goddess of the Earth – or, just as likely, a distillation of the Sirens’ song that...
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Walking In Uninvited at a House Where You Do Not Live: Mortlach Single Malt...
Being an inveterate drinker of fine Scotch whiskeys bottled by independents, I’ve grown accustomed to spirits matured in a manner the distillery itself might frown upon. Macallans and Aberlours aged...
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