Welcome to Episode #5 of The Whisky Guy Podcast!
The Whisky Guy Podcast – Episode #5
Category: Tasting Notes (Page 21 of 23)
Warm Up this Fall with these warm whisk(e)y cocktails from The Whisky Guy!
It doesn’t take chestnuts roasting on an open fire to realize the temps are dropping and it’s becoming that time of year when we look for more indoor activities. Shrug off the screen tan blues with these 5 easy cocktails you can make at home!
While the wine world is comfortable with vintages, it’s rare for whisk(e)y – unless you’re talking about Glenrothes. Taste the Glenrothes 1994 with The Whisky Guy
I love snapshots. I love the idea of catching a glimpse of another time. Back to the Future Day (the day Doc and Marty go into the future – October 21, 2015) reminded me of the question – if I were able to travel in time, when would I travel to? The answer is not simple. I’d like to be reminded of what life was like before high-powered computers in our pockets and GPS. I’d like to see how people lived before color TV. Before every family had a car. Before electricity was in every home. Before airplane travel. And yes, I’d like to see what like was like at the Glenrothes distillery in 1994.
Most of the Scottish whisky enjoyed around the world today is blended, which is to say whisky from different distilleries is brought together into a big batch then bottled to achieve a specific flavor – and it’s a lot more difficult than you think. Most of Scotland’s distilleries make most of their whisky for blending houses, but once in a while we get a taste of those ingredients. That’s the world BenRiach plays in. Continue reading
Off the coast of Southwest Scotland there’s an island of fewer than 4,000 people, more than 20,000 sheep and what was, for a long time, only 7 distilleries – until Kilchoman came along in 2005. Continue reading