Mar 22 2008
I opened a dusty bottle of Ardbeg today. It’s been sitting on my shelf for a few years.
The aroma was divine. Swirling it around in the small glass brought forth fragrances of peat, iodine, and citrus; and then a splash of water…
Moments like that I’d prefer to share with a fellow scotch lover.
Dec 06 2005
Phillip here. My thoughts on single-malt scotch, which I don’t really drink anymore…
J&B is to scotch what a Big Mac is to fine dining. I suspect most people who drink J&B do it to get drunk, and quickly so as to put themselves out of their misery from drinking the stuff in the first place. [...]
Dec 05 2005
Beginner’s single malt Scotch is a post at MetaFilter where someone asked:
What’s a decent, inexpensive and readily available single malt or good blend for a brand-new scotch drinker whose current dram of choice is a good dark sipping rum?
The first response recommends J&B, a common, inexpensive blend that I’d never recommend, although I do drink [...]
Jul 11 2004
The Best Single Malt Whiskies according to Forbes magazine:
We at Forbes.com decided to help out by conducting an exhaustive survey, the results of which are my highly personal, totally subjective list of the best single malt Scotch whiskies.
I don’t agree with many of the author’s choices, although they’re all quality single-malts. Many on the [...]
Feb 03 2004
I was recently asked:
A few nights ago a friend and I dropped by a pub for a pint. While I was ordering my beer, I heard a guy talking about how scotch and beer have the same ingredients, that they’re only brewed differently, and that if you let beer age for 15 years you’d end [...]
