The Malt Impostor

[...]                      --Our thanks to Sam Filmus and ImpEx for the sample!    [...]

[...]     --Stephen                 --Our thanks to Sam Filmus and ImpEx for the sample!   And if you want an idea of what the full bottle looks [...]

[...] ;     --Bill                 --Our thanks to Sam Filmus and ImpEx for the sample! [...]

[...] ; --Bill                   --Our thanks to Sam Filmus and ImpEx for the sample! [...]

[...] Tasting notes:       The nose of Longmorn 28 Year 1985 from The Exclusive Malts is a tad musty at first, but like opening a window in the attic of my soul, or like a [...]

[...] ; Rating: --On the scale of existential pronouncements-- The Laphroaig 8 Year 2005 from The Exclusive Malts is "I'll be here all week.  Try the veal."--It's comforting and reassuring, [...]

[...] : --On the scale of comedians as crazy as Robin Williams-- The Speyside 10 Year 2003 from The Exclusive Malts is, of course, Robin Williams--After all, there just isn't anyone as crazy as Robin [...]

[...] ;  Rating: --On the scale of blenders-- The Exclusive Blend 21 Year 1991 from The Exclusive Malts is, to quote from the website, the "enormous Megablender Frozen Beverage Machine. [...]

[...] Tasting notes:       The Highland Park 16 is a whisky out of time, a blindly-faithful traveler who can't find his way home—and [...]

[...] [This is the middle of three higher-end travel retail only releases from Highland Park.]   Tasting notes:       The Highland Park Ragnvald opens with [...]

[...] of his rival.       Rating: --On the scale of famous tracking shots-- The Highland Park Thorfinn is the three minutes and twenty second opening to Touch of Evil--In this 1958 [...]

[...] the Elijah Craig Single Barrel 21 year old.      Next, we ambled over to Highland Park to say hello to the incomparable Steph Ridgway, who promptly busted Stephen's chops ( [...]

[...] ;         --Bill   Our thanks to Alastair and the good people at The Whisky Barrel for the sample!   *--The Whisky Barrel (Westport Burns Malt 15 Year 1997 [...]

[...]     --Stephen       Our thanks to Alastair and the good people at The Whisky Barrel for the sample!   *--The Whisky Barrel (Glenrothes Burns Malt 25 Year 1988 [...]

[...] ;           --John Our thanks to Alastair and the good people at The Whisky Barrel for the sample!   *--The Whisky Barrel (Tomatin Burns Malt 12 Year 2001 [...]

[...] that was one helluva spell--and Dave Pickerell a frickin' sorcerer.] I can't really imagine how rye whiskey could be improved upon from what we drank, but the glint in Dave's eye, combined with the [...]

[...] , wild on the inside, and truly worth savoring.        Oh, and this rye whiskey would be excellent with a cigar.    Rating: --On the scale of Chet Baker songs that [...]

Tasting notes:       The Koval Single Barrel Whiskey, 100% Rye, Barrel 332, opens particularly herby: sage, parsley, and [...]

[...] ;         Rating: --On the scale of plausible namesakes for this rye whiskey-- The WhistlePig Boss Hog is former Texas governor "Big Jim" Hogg--Big Jim is [...]

[...] , it's whisky event season.  The one that is nearest and dearest to our hearts is the Single Malt and Scotch Whisky Extravaganza organized by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America.  [...]

[...] Tasting notes:       A single malt! Five decades! Whomsoever is dreaming up new drams at Glen Grant deserves a raise, or at least, [...]

[...] Tasting notes: Talisker is a favorite.  It’s one of the first bottles of single malt I ever purchased.  And if it appears in the drink menu of a fine restaurant, I feel, [...]

[...]      There are few things that bring us as much joy as attending the Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza in Boston.  We cut our whisky baby teeth at that event [...]

[...] getting me closer to my goal of acquiring a bottle. Maybe abject begging of the incomparable Steph Ridgway would do it? Steph? Pleeeassseeee?????    Rating: --On the scale of things [...]

[...] ;                     --Our thanks to Steph Ridgway and Highland Park for the sample! [...]

[...] would listen about the 1989 Balblair--yeah, it's that good.  And in an unexpected turn, Steph Ridgway from Highland Park pointed us to the table next to hers, where we were introduced to Brugal [...]

[...] ;                    --Our thanks to Steph Ridgway and Highland Park for the sample! [...]

Tasting notes:       Traditionally, the 10th Wedding Anniversary is celebrated with tin or aluminum.  But what do contem [...]

Tasting notes:       Jasmine-scented peanuts, tropical flower potpourri, a burled wood instrument panel washed with tears of [...]

Tasting notes:       On the nose, we got oat cakes, over-toasted, with pineapple.  And, of course, peat.  That remi [...]