Apr 10 2008
I just had a craving for a bag of chips, some heavy duty artery-clogging clips like Doritos. I also get cravings for pizza at specific times. Next in line would be chocolate. After that apples and carrots, fruits and veggies that are juicy and crunch.
Once in a while I get a craving for single-malt [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
