Tasting the IWS Israeli matured Arran whisky (AR.JR) June 28, 2010May 14, 2011Gal Granov 6 Recap (for those who don’t read the blog regularly) : We’re talking about Scotch made whisky, which has been shipped to Israel for maturation. To […]
Feis Ile 2010 – Personal Notes from a Whisky Vacation (Part II of II) June 27, 2010January 16, 2011Shai Gilboa 17 We woke up to a rainy Thursday morning, the first actual Scottish weathered day, and headed up to Kilchoman for their open day with intentions […]
Feis Ile 2010 – Personal Notes from a Whisky Vacation (Part I of II) June 22, 2010January 16, 2011Shai Gilboa 10 Shai Gilboa, June 2010 When it comes to the world of whisky I consider myself a newbie. I was introduced to the water of life […]
Tasting HP ‘Earl Magnus’ 15 yo June 16, 2010December 31, 2010Gal Granov 12 A few months ago HP issued a very exciting press release about a new expression to be called “Earl Magnus”. As a HP devotee (I […]
Quick Dram : G&M Glenburgie 10 yo June 16, 2010February 10, 2011Gal Granov 6 Today i am going to review a dram from a distillery which is not very well-known i believe (Not to me anyways) : Glenburgie. The […]
Quick Dram : Glenfarclas 105 June 13, 2010Gal Granov 7 Today i’m going to review one of my favorite drams : The Glenfarclas 105. I think this ‘Farclas was one of my first ever Glenfarclas […]
‘Farclas session #2 : Glenfarclas 12 June 10, 2010Gal Granov 2 It’s the end of the week here (Thursday – we do not work on Fridays, thank goodness) and before we enter the weekend , another […]
Quick Dram : Glenfarclas 1989 vintage June 8, 2010Gal Granov 4 Glenfarclas is a well known distillery which is located in the Speyside whisky region near the town of Ballindalloch. Glenfarclas (meaning : Valley of the green grass) […]
Tasting an Indian : Amrut Fusion, NAS June 7, 2010Gal Granov 28 So, India does single malt scotch? Yes, it does apparently. Is it good, you ask? Well, to be honest, it’s very good indeed. Surprised? I […]
Tasting SmokeHead 18 ‘Extra Black’ May 26, 2010January 11, 2011Gal Granov 17 One of my first Islay malts was the “regular” Smokehead. I remember me sitting in a bar (The excellent Tel-Aviv based ‘Norma Jean’ which boasts […]