The online retailer Rueverte sent us this little sample of Darroze – Les Grands Assemblages 12 ans d’age over a year ago, and it just sat on the shelf the whole time because I didn’t really know what to do with it. It wasn’t a large enough of a sample to make cocktails with, and if […]
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Review: Darroze Armagnac (12 Year)
Posted in Armagnac, Brandy, Whiskey Reviews on May 7, 2015 | 5 Comments »
Experimenting with Bluecoat Barrel Finished Gin
Posted in Creole Bitters, Getreide Kummel, Gin, Sage, Whiskey Reviews on May 7, 2015 | 2 Comments »
Last week, we decided to get together with a few of our friends from Rocks or Neat and Whiskey Club to do some tasting and experimenting with the backlog of samples we’ve been sent by people. We just gathered up the booze and went out to buy a bunch of generic cocktail ingredients to have […]
Review: SIA Scotch Whisky
Posted in Scotch, Whiskey Reviews on November 20, 2014 | 1 Comment »
New kid on the block and recent Kickstarter success SIA Scotch Whiskey is creator Carin Luna-Ostaseksi’s attempt to create a blend (50% Speyside, 40% Highland, 10% Islay) to appeal to a “modern palate,” or as I take it, people who think they don’t like Scotch because it smells like their grandfather. It is an interesting […]