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• Tasting Notes: Balvenie: Single Barrel Sherry Cask: 15 Year

  

  Balvenie: Single Barrel Sherry Cask: 15 Year (Scottish Speyside Single Malt Whisky: 15 Year : 47.8% ABV)Visual: Reddened bronze.Viscosity: Very slow, very thin... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Firestone Walker: Pale 31

  

  Firestone Walker: Pale 31 ( USA: American Pale Ale: 4.9% ABV)Visual: Clear yellow gold. Large mounded froth yellowed head. Small bubble carbonation.Nose: Lemon... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Glen Scotia: Double Cask

  

  Glen Scotia: Double Cask (Scottish Campbeltown Single Malt Whisky: 46% ABV)Visual: Slightly rose wine to gold.Viscosity: Fast thick streaks.Nose: Big plums and... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Almanac: Farm To Barrel: Farmer’s Reserve Strawberry

  

  Almanac: Farm To Barrel: Farmer’s Reserve Strawberry (USA: Sour Ale: 7% ABV)Visual: Hazy yellow to apricot and very cloudy. Thin short lived white dash of a... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Kilchoman: Machir Bay 2014

  

  Kilchoman: Machir Bay 2014 (Scottish Islay Single Malt Whisky: 46% ABV)Visual: Very pale greened grain.Viscosity: No notes taken.Nose: Dry. Smoke. Salt.... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Elijah Craig: 12 Year

  

  Elijah Craig: 12 Year (USA Bourbon: 12 Year: 47% ABV)Visual: Bronzed gold.Viscosity: Fast medium thickness streaks.Nose: Honey. Rye crackers. Soft vanilla.... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Yoichi: No Age Statement

  

  Yoichi: No Age Statement (Japanese Single Malt Whisky: 43% ABV)Visual: Pale gold.Viscosity: Quite slow thin streaks.Nose: Grain stores. “Quicksilver” mental... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Glenfarclas: 25 Year

  

  Glenfarclas: 25 Year (Scottish Speyside Single Malt Whisky: 25 years: 43% ABV)Visual: Toffee to gold.Viscosity: Fast medium sized streaks.Nose: Pencil... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Chimay: Doree

  

  Chimay: Doree (Belgium: Belgian Ale: 4.8% ABV)Visual: Hazy overripe banana skin. High carbonation and an off white thin head.Nose: Orange peel. Dry mead.... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Drinks By The Dram: The Whisky Advent Calendar

  

  Ok, I am breaking my rule. I have a rule. No talking about Christmas until at least December. It is now November. However these are special circumstances. In a... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• No Label, No Luck….

  Ok. A while back I covered Brewdog’s response to a petition for them to take down one of their advertising videos. Since their notapology they came out with... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Stone Farking Wheaton: W00tstout 2015

  

  Stone Farking Wheaton: W00tstout 2015 (USA: Imperial Stout: 13% ABV)Visual: Black. Grey dash for a head with brown bubbles at the edges.Nose: Boozy. Coconut... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Brewdog: Candy Kaiser

  

  Brewdog: Candy Kaiser (Scotland: Altbier: 5.2% ABV)Visual: Mahogany touched brown. Caramel brown head of froth.Nose: Sugared almonds. Shredded wheat. Walnut... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: De Struise: Ypres

  

  De Struise: Ypres (Belgium: Sour Ale: 7% ABV)Visual: Very dark brown to black. Large fizzy bubbled brown head.Nose: Port soaked raisins. Black cherry. Red... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Compass Box: Spice Tree

  

  Compass Box: Spice Tree (Scottish Blended Malt Whisky: 46% ABV)Visual: Copper touched gold.Viscosity: Very slow thin puckering.Nose: Honey. Rosemary? (Maybe,... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Wild Beer Co: Brett Brett Double IPA

  

  Wild Beer Co: Brett Brett Double IPA (England: IIPA: 8.4% ABV)Visual: Hazy apricot. Moderate whitish froth.Nose: Lemon on pancakes. Light acidic fruit. Fresh cu... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Mikkeller: Crooked Moon Tattoo Stockholm Stout

  

  Mikkeller: Crooked Moon Tattoo Stockholm Stout (Denmark: Imperial Stout: 8% ABV)Visual: Black. Large creamy brown froth.Nose: Crushed peanuts. Mashed figs and... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Longrow: Red (2015 Ed – Pinot Noir Finish)

  

  Longrow: Red (2015 Ed – Pinot Noir Finish) (Scottish Campbeltown Single malt Whisky: 12 year: 52.9% ABV)Visual: Rose wine to mahogany red.Viscosity: Fast... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Fortune Islands: Modern Times

  

  Fortune Islands: Modern Times (USA: Wheat Ale: 5% ABV)Visual: Clear grain to gold. Moderate off white tight bubbles head. Some carbonation.Nose: Pineapple.... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tasting Notes: Stone: 19th Anniversary: Thunderstruck IPA

  

  Stone: 19th Anniversary: Thunderstruck IPA (USA: IIPA: 8.7 ABV)Visual: Cloudy yellow body. Yellowed bubbled head that foams up on a good pour.Nose: Smooth.... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK