A lovely sailor’s companion with perfumes of apple, cherry, vanilla flower, and delicate silhouettes of smoke and peat. Clean and polished on the palate, flavors of apricot, caramel, and cocoa powder further map out this graceful whisky. –JA
Today’s honorary Irish Whiskey tells a brave tale of perseverance and a desire to preserve a rich bit of Irish history; and as fate would unravel, it also serendipitously brought us a historic Single Malt Irish Whiskey. The Knappogue Castle 16 Year Twin Wood Irish Whiskey dates back to the …
As part of our week-long celebration in appreciation of Irish Whiskey, it seems only fitting to draw attention to the rare and storied old casks that, like a limerick, provide a mysterious relic to Ireland’s past. Paving the way is The Teeling Whiskey Company, one of Ireland’s few remaining independent …
A cult malt with a sad story to tell, the now-mothballed Brora distillery in northern Scotland was once brimming with dedicated craftsman and gleaming copper stills. Regrettably, it was one of many malt whisky distilleries in Scotland that closed in the 1980s- leaving behind a collection of dusty casks, including the fabled, highly-peated 1972 …
There are few things in life that truly get better with age. Single Malt Scotch Whisky is one of them, so when you stumble upon a forgotten stash of Glenmorangie 1963, it’s a bit like discovering liquid gold. Fifty bottles of the historic whisky, first distilled in 1963 and bottled …