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 II of II)
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Feis Ile 2010 – Personal Notes from a Whisky Vacation (Part I of II)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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 […]
Quick dram : Laphroaig 18
Laphraoaig is well known for its biting drams (at least when speaking of the younger versions), full of medicinal, iodine, tarry, briny peaty malts, and […]