Whisky Wednesday

REVIEW: Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Jul 18th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Whisky Wednesday

For this week’s Whiskey Wednesday I wanted to review a Single Malt Scotch I purchased for myself on my birthday. I normally don’t seek out a peaty scotch, and certainly not one with such a rich reputation as being peaty of the peats, but the Cask Strength and the Quarter Cask maturing caught my [...]



Scotch Distilling Video

Mar 14th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Whisky Wednesday

Scotch Distilling video segment from History Channel program Modern Marvels. Very nice treatment of a very complex and ancient distilling process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VCFmjIk9yQ

Single malt scotches are featured. I know there are online degrees offered in bar tending and hospitality management, but I wonder if there are any degree programs for distilling and brewing?



REVIEW: Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old Blended Malt Scotch

Mar 7th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Whisky Wednesday

This is a bit of a departure of late since I have been drinking mostly single malt offerings, but the Johnnie Walker 12 Year Old Blended Malt Scotch sort of fell onto my lap so I HAD to give it a try and then talk about it.
From the outset many whisky connoisseurs, with much more [...]



Proposition Bets: Getting Free Whisky From Friends and Family

Mar 7th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Adult Pastimes, Humor, Whisky Wednesday

What good is it to be sitting in a bar with some friends without attempting to hustle a few drinks out of them? Not much fun at all if you ask me. Fortunately the BBC has a program that occasionally caters to our more basal instincts for chicanery and frivolity called The Real [...]



Singlemalt TV: HD Scotch Webcasting

Feb 28th, 2007 | By biggandy | Category: Whisky Wednesday

Ok, I did something I usually do not do. After I posted my McClelland Lowland’s review I was looking at what Google Ads were being offered with the article and one caught my eye. So I noted the url and surfed to it. I am definitely subscribing to this web television channel.
Singlemalt [...]