Drinking old aged malt is always thrilling, when you think of all the time that spirit rested in those oak barrels in a far away […]
Quick Dram : ‘Master of Malt’ 40 year old Speyside
Category: scotch
Tasting the IWS Israeli matured Arran whisky (AR.JR)
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)
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)
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 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 […]