Josh Peters

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• Gordon & Macphail Mortlach 15 Years Review

  

  I received this Gordon Macphail Mortlach 15 Years as a gift (thanks Chloe) and it’s made me mad… mad because I never picked up a bottle before this… what the... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2018 DRINK

• Michter’s Straight Rye Review

  

  Every Michter’s Straight Rye is a single barrel so your experience might be a bit different than mine unless you also snag a bottle from barrel 17F988. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2018 DRINK

• Lot 40 Canadian Rye Whisky Review

  

  Lot 40 Canadian Rye Whisky comes from the same distillery and the same mashbill as the Lot 40 Canadian Whisky and to be honest I’m having trouble finding what... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2018 DRINK

• Knob Creek Single Barrel Rye Review

  

  I pretty much said everything I need to about the Knob Creek Single Barrel Rye in the Nasa Liquor Knob Creek rye Single Barrel pick post Yesterday so not a whol... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2018 DRINK

• Knob Creek Rye Single Barrel Review

  

  This Knob Creek Rye Single Barrel (#5811) was selected by the Houston Bourbon Consortium and sold by the good folks at Nasa Liquor in Houston, TX. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 DRINK

• Balcones Texas Rye Review

  

  The first thing I noticed, and you might too if you pick up a bottle, is how chocolate heavy the Balcones Texas Rye is and it turns out there’s a reason for it. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box No Name Review

  

  Compass Box No Name is essentially Ardbeg with some Caol Ila and other stuff added to it. Clocking in at over 75% Ardbeg that character comes through heavily,... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box The Peat Monster Review

  

  Compass Box The Peat Monster is one of my favorite releases by Compass Box. A few years ago we got to taste one of the original releases and that was the night ... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box Rivals Review

  

  This whisky is not listed on their website, so I don’t have the nitty gritty details, but Compass Box Rivals was created for the rival cities of Boston and New... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box Flaming Heart Review

  

  Compass Box Flaming Heart is a Caol Ila centric blend that brings elegance to the overall dram by blending in non-peated whisky to open up and unleash more of... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box Oak Cross Review

  

  The first time I tried the Compass Box Oak Cross I said to myself “ooh, that’s nice”. The second time I tried it I thought to myself “Oh wow, that’s actually... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box Spice Tree Review

  

  Compass Box Spice Tree is a recreation of an old whisky Compass Box created that they can no longer make due to the unimaginative folks in the SWA (Scotch Whisk... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box Great King St Glasgow Blend Review

  

  Oooph, this is a blend I could fall in love with, especially at the price. Compass Box Great King St Glasgow Blend is exceptional not just because of what was... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box Asyla Review

  

  I first tried the Asyla at an SCWC event where we tried an early bottling of it and it was a bit different than it is now. Some of that has to do with... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box Great King St Artist’s Blend Review

  

  Compass Box Great King St Artist’s Blend is a non-peated blended whisky from Compass Box that, as they put it, was made for “both demanding single malt... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 DRINK

• Compass Box Hedonism Review

  

  Over the last 5ish years the grain whisky category has been heating up. It’s the one area in whisky where you’re able to get Scotch at 30, 40 or 50+ years of ag... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 DRINK

• Wild Turkey Liqueur Review

  

  I had heard of the Wild Turkey Liqueur (aka Wild Turkey Bourbon Liqueur) online, but never really gave it any thought until my trip to Wild Turkey a couple year... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2018 DRINK

• Kavalan Sherry Single Cask Review

  

  Kavalan Solist Oloroso Sherry Single Cask Strength is a giant mouthful for a whisky so we’re just going to call it the Kavalan Sherry Single Cask. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2018 DRINK

• Redwood Empire American Whiskey Review

  

  Redwood Empire American Whiskey is a combination of sourced bourbon and “house-distilled” rye made by Graton Distilling in Sonoma, CA. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2018 DRINK

• Blood Oath Pact 4 Review

  

  Blood Oath Pact 4 is a decent whiskey. I don’t like it as much as I did Blood Oath Pact 2, which was awesome, but nonetheless it was still a tasty whiskey that... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2018 DRINK