Josh Peters

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1714 )

• Kilchoman New Make Vs Machir 2014

  

  We’re about to embark on a 3 week journey of Kilchoman discovery and I couldn’t think of a better way to kick it off than by tasting some... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 DRINK

• Pre-Prohibition Spey-Royal Review

  

  I picked up this mini of Spey-Royal along with a dozen of its kin in a trade. I couldn’t find any information about this mini or it’s cork and accompanying... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 DRINK

• 1970s Cutty 12 Years

  

  A few years ago a couple of us dusty hunters in Los Angeles opened a bottle of this 1970s Cutty 12 Years and Immediately caught everyone’s attention. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 DRINK

• Late 70s Cutty Sark Review

  

  While the king of old Cutty Sark is definitely the old Cutty 12 from the 1970s, which we’ll be diving into tomorrow, the standard 70s Cutty Sark is no slouch. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 DRINK

• Ambassador Deluxe Scotch 25 Years Review

  

  I’m not sure when this Ambassador Deluxe Scotch 25 Years comes from, but it has an old taste and aroma to it. There’s that Old Bottle Effect – musty dusty... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 DRINK

• Ambassador Deluxe Scotch Review

  

  Ambassador Deluxe Scotch disappeared in the early 1980s which is where this whisky comes from (UPC, no Gov warning and no tax strip). It was resurrected in the... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 DRINK

• Stalk and Barrel Single Malt Review

  

  Stalk and Barrel Single Malt hails from one of the new breed of whisky distillers in Canada – Still Waters Distillery. Started by two guys named Barry, it was... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 DRINK

• Shelter Point Single Malt Review

  

  Shelter Point Single Malt is an “artisanal” single malt from Canada’s burgeoning craft/artisanal/micro-distilling scene/movement. So many names for the same dam... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 DRINK

• 1980s Daviess County Blended Whiskey Review

  

  I found this 1980s Daviess County Blended Whiskey on a dusty hunt and since I’d never had it, and it was only $10, I picked it up; after opening it I wish I... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 DRINK

• West Wind Bourbon Review

  

  West Wind Bourbon is unique for two reasons. First: it’s a sourced whiskey, but it’s not sourced from one of the big guys, it’s sourced from a craft distillery. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 DRINK

• Ohishi Wing Hop Fung Cask Review

  

  Ohishi Wing Hop Fung cask is a private bottling for the renowned Wing Hop Fung retail store started in Los Angeles in 1985. Specializing in “Asian products”... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 DRINK

• Malt Nuts: Port Ellen Vs Old Caol Ila Tasting

  

  “Who Needs Brora And Port Ellen? We Have Clynelish And Caol Ila!”; so goes the chant by a fellow whisky blogger – a chat that’s been taken up by many experience... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 DRINK

• Sonoma Cherrywood Rye Review

  

  Sonoma Cherrywood Rye is distilled here in California up in Sonoma County. As one of the early and well-known players in the craft whiskey scene here in the... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 DRINK

• David Nicholson 1843 Review

  

  David Nicholson 1843 is a Luxo brand, distilled by Heaven Hill, that’s mostly available around the St. Louis area and a bit in the surrounding states, but... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 DRINK

• Sonoma West Of Kentucky Bourbon 3 Review

  

  For the Sonoma West Of Kentucky Bourbon 3 we switch gears from wheat as the flavor grain back to the more traditional rye which they’ve amped up to being a... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2017 DRINK

• David Nicholson Bonded Review

  

  David Nicholson Bonded is no longer available as a brand, but back in the 00’s, where the bottle this sample came from, it was the David Nicholson 1843 and... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 DRINK

• Sonoma West of Kentucky Bourbon 2 Review

  

  Sonoma West of Kentucky Bourbon 2 is the wheated mashbill bourbon from Sonoma County Distilling Company. Aged in small barrels for a short period of time it... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 DRINK

• Edradour 10 Years Review

  

  Edradour 10 Years is the flagship malt for the Edradour distillery owned by Andrew Symington who also owns the Signatory Vintage bottling company as well. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2017 DRINK

• Old Whiskey River Review

  

  This interesting little bottle of 1980s Old Whiskey River was found by a buddy on a dusty hunting trip and opened a few weeks later when we sat down to play som... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2017 DRINK

• Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 23 Review

  

  Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 23 is stop number 4 on Rhetoric’s climb to 25. Another year older and another year… oakier. Which is biggest difference I noticed... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2017 DRINK