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Bernheim Wheat Whiskey vs. Parker's Heritage Collection Wheat Whiskey
stats:Bernheim; Kentucky straight wheat whiskey, 7 years, 45%, $28Parker’s Heritage Collection; Kentucky straight wheat whiskey, 13 years, 63.4%, $90Unexpected circumstances will occasionally prompt me...
View ArticleUpdating the list of Scottish distillery owners
Back in October of 2015, a question about the ownership of Glenrothes (both the distillery and the brand) led me to write a post where I compiled a list of all of the malt distilleries in Scotland and...
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Old Pulteney, 12 year vs. 21 year
stats:12 year – single malt Scotch, Highlands, 40%, $4221 year – single malt Scotch, Highlands, 46%, non-chill filtered, $137When I decided to write a post comparing Old Pulteney 12 year to Old...
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Nomad, Outland Whisky
stats: whisky, distilled and partially aged in Scotland, finished and bottled in Spain, 41.3%, $40Back in the spring I had the opportunity to nick a sample out of a bottle of whisky that I’d never...
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Gordon & MacPhail Tasting
I don’t check my email all that frequently. Work related emails are few and far between and internet access is very limited when I am at work. Consequently, I didn’t see an email that came in at 3:00...
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Whiskey Road Trip, Old Taylor and Old Crow sites
With last winter’s road trip, which included a few days of whiskey tourism in Tennessee and Kentucky, having transpired more than a year ago, I think it’s high time that I write the last few posts...
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Whiskey Road Trip, Frankfort - part 1
When I planned out my travel itinerary through Tennessee and Kentucky last year, I was mostly focused on coordinating the available distillery tours that I wanted to take and calculating drive times so...
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Whiskey Road Trip, Frankfort - part 2
As noted in my previous post, dinner on the first night my stay Frankfort, KY left a little to be desired. When I got back to the hotel room I went online and started researching to see if I could find...
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Whiskey Road Trip, Frankfort - part 3
After a day spent touring Four Roses and Buffalo Trace, as well as visiting the former Old Crow and Old Taylor distillery sites, I was ready for an evening out in Frankfort on the last full day of my...
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Four Roses, 2016 Limited Edition Single Barrel
stats: Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 14 years old, 59.7%, $125Yesterday was my birthday and I got into some good whiskey, as one would expect. While I still have one more post left to complete the tale of...
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Whiskey Road Trip, Frankfort - part 4
On the last night I would be staying in Frankfort, Kentucky, I was at Capital Cellars a little beyond their official closing time of 9:00. By the time I made my way over to Serafini it was probably...
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Scotland 2017, an introduction
Five years ago, almost to the day, I was mid-way through my inaugural visit to Scotland. On that Sunday I journeyed by car and ferry from Islay to Campbeltown, on the southern tip of the Kintyre...
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Scotland 2017, day 1
A Sunday night flight out of Boston and a short layover in Reykjavik, Iceland had me land in Glasgow mid to late morning today (Monday). There were some variables in timing after my arrival that I...
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Scotland 2017, day 2
I should start by mentioning that the drink driving laws (that’s what they say over here, rather than the “drunk driving” we are accustomed to in the States) have changed in Scotland since my last...
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Scotland 2017, day 3
When I was laying out the route for my journey, I had two choices to get from Dalwhinnie to Glen Ord; continuing north on the A9 with a stop at Tomatin or a slight detour down to Fort William with a...
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Scotland 2017, day 4
This was the only day of the trip where I squeezed three distillery tours into one day. My intention was to visit all of the distilleries north of Inverness, assuming that I wouldn’t be back in this...
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Scotland 2017, day 5
By the time I made my way up to Wick, it was late in the day and I was pretty exhausted. The plan for the evening was to get some dinner, do a little writing and catch up on sleep. Sitting at a table...
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Scotland 2017, day 6
I’ll start this post with a quick note about the end of day 5 since that piece ran long, before I get on to day 6.After the Wolfburn tour I had several hours to kill before catching the ferry to...
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Scotland 2017, day 7
After coming up a little short on my goal of visiting many of Orkney’s historic sites on Day 6, I decided to regroup and dedicate some time to a planning session later that night. I was scheduled for...
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Scotland 2017, day 8
Day 8 was mostly a travel day, but I did manage to incorporate one distillery tour which also helped to breakup the driving. My departure from the Orkney Islands was on a different ferry service than...
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