A quick note for those interested: the 4th international World Whisky Forum will be held in June this year (2022) at Stauning Distillery in Denmark. This year´s overall theme is Sustainability and the moderator, as in previous years, is Dave Broom. There will be around 70 tickets for those who want to attend in person …
My long-time readers will know that I owe a lot of my passion for spirits (as well as the bulk of my knowledge) to former K&L Wine Merchants blogger and Spirits Buyer, David Driscoll. Driscoll dropped out of the booze scene a few years ago to pursue some other projects, much to basically everybody’s chagrin. …
Dear readers, on Friday June 26th at 7:30pm Central time (5:30pm Pacific, 8:30pm Eastern), That Boutique-y Whisky Company will be hosting an online whisky tasting via Zoom. It will be hosted by @boutiqueydave and you can watch and participate by ordering a tasting set. If you’re interested I suggest ordering it ASAP – like, yesterday …
I’m not going to go into much depth here or give any opinions, I just wanted to give a heads up to anyone who hasn’t already heard: The US, in an ongoing spat with the EU over airline subsidies, has announced – in retribution – a set of tariffs against retail products imported from the …
I don’t normally post recommendations for whiskey stones (or orbs, cubes, stainless steel widgets, etc.) because I don’t think chilling whiskey that you intend to sip neat is a good idea, unless you’re going for an “on the rocks” drink, in which case the melt water is actually a positive part of the experience. That …
Reader Gordon contacted me earlier this year to get my feedback on a series of videos that he had put together with his drinking buddy Johnathan. Gordon does an endearing, rambling style of video whisky review that makes me feel like I’m sitting around the firepit with him, chatting about our favorite subject over a dram. His perspective is refreshing and the videos are artfully composed. … I highly recommend checking out their channel and giving them a “Subscribe” to show a little support if you like their content.
I was contacted recently by the owner of a new “box” subscription company, HWis-KEE Box. Try typing that three times fast. These box subscriptions have been all the rage lately, with boxes containing a curated assortment of everything from junk food to vegetables, clothing, themed merchandise, personal hygiene products and now (at last!), stuff to help you drink your whisky.
A quick note for my readers: You may want to check out this new Kickstarter: www.tudorice.com/kickstarter. The concept is simple but interesting; Individually-packaged highly-purified water that can be used by bars or restaurants (or at home) to freeze large single-serving ice cubes for cocktails or for whisky “on the rocks“.
On Thursday 9/24 at 8 PM Local time in Islay (That’s 12 noon Pacific US time), Laphroaig will be live-streaming Laphroaig Live 2015! They are celebrating the 200th year anniversary of the distillery, so it’s sure to be quite a show, including an attempt at a world record for the largest simultaneous toast. Be sure to come back here or visit…
I don’t normally post PR press releases, but this one tickled me. Also, they send me whisky to review, and I like that. The TL;DR version is: order a drink with Angel’s Envy in it, snap a picture, and post it somewhere with the #AE4THETREES hashtag, and they’ll plant an oak tree.