Josh Peters

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1714 )

• 2008 Single Cask Nation Glentauchers 8 Years Review

  

  I’m enjoying trying the new SCN offerings like this 2008 Single Cask Nation Glentauchers 8 years because I’m getting to try distilleries I haven’t spent much... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 DRINK

• 2008 Single Cask Nation Ardmore 8 Years Review

  

  2008 Single Cask Nation Ardmore 8 Years is another release from the initial retail offerings put out by Single Cask Nation. Being a single cask there’s only... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2017 DRINK

• SCWC 8 Blind Bourbons

  

  Last year the SCWC gathered and we put on an 8 Blind Rye event and ever since that night we’ve been plotting a follow up… which we recently held. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2017 DRINK

• Yoichi 10 Year Review

  

  Yoichi 10 Year is no longer available, but I figured it’s worth reviewing for the same reason dusties and single barrels are. Bottles are still floating... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2017 DRINK

• Mars Iwai Whisky Review

  

  Mars Iwai Whisky is one of the newer Japanese whiskies that’s been showing up on the shelves over the last couple of years. It’s a distillery that’s been... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2017 DRINK

• Malt Nuts Laphroaig Tasting

  

  On a warm early-summer’s eve the Malt Nuts once again convened and this time we had a thirst for peat. It had been too long since we’d indulged in an evening... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2017 DRINK

• White Oak Akashi Single Malt Review

  

  White Oak Akashi Single Malt is the malt component of the Akashi blend and like the blend it’s aged in a combination of barrels. Though the single malt is all... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2017 DRINK

• White Oak Akashi Blended Whisky Review

  

  White Oak Akashi Blended Whisky is another newish whisky added to the American releases of Japanese whisky. Originally a sake distillery, White Oak distillery... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2017 DRINK

• Togouchi Blended Japanese Review

  

  Togouchi Blended Japanese whisky is know as the “naturalized Japanese Whisky” because they import already distilled single malt whisky from Scotland and grain... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2017 DRINK

• 1996 Single Cask Nation Ben Nevis 20 Years Review

  

  The last day of Ben Nevis week finds us tasting the 1996 Single Cask Nation Ben Nevis 20 years and what a whisky it is. You can see from the score above that I... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 DRINK

• 1997 Montgomerie’s Ben Nevis 19 Years Review

  

  Part four of Ben Nevis week and we’ve increased the age statement by another year with this 1997 Montgomerie’s Ben Nevis 19 Years. Though unlike the first four... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 DRINK

• 1997 Pearls of Scotland Ben Nevis 18 Years Review

  

  Part three of Ben Nevis week finds us tasting the 1997 Pearls of Scotland Ben Nevis 18 years. Another whisky also means another little bit about the Ben Nevis... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 DRINK

• 1996 Exclusive Malts Ben Nevis 17 Years Review

  

  The label reads 1996 Exclusive Malts Ben Nevis 17 Years, but it’s actually 18. Distilled on October 21st 1996 and bottled in July of 2015, if they’d let it sit... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2017 DRINK

• 2009 Single Cask Nation Ben Nevis 8 Years Review

  

  2009 Single Cask Nation Ben Nevis 8 Years is a lovely little whisky hailing from the Ben Nevis distillery which has been pumping out whisky since 1825. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 DRINK

• Wyoming Whiskey Batch 37 Review

  

  I remember the first bottle of Wyoming Whiskey I got a few years back, batch 18. It started out ok but became increasingly worse the longer it was open. I was... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2017 DRINK

• 16 Year Old Collector’s Item Bourbon Review

  

  There’s just not a whole lot about this 16 Year Old Collector’s Item Bourbon online. The only real information I could find is that Dowling has a tumultuous... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 DRINK

• IW Harper 15 Review

  

  I.W. Harper 15 is interesting and not just because it’s a decent bourbon. The I.W. Harper Brand extends back to 1872 and was originally put out by Isaac Wolfe... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2017 DRINK

• Eagle Rare Bourbon Review

  

  Can you believe this is the first time I’m reviewing the regular Eagle Rare Bourbon release? I’ve done the old Eagle Rare 101 and an Eagle Rare single barrel,... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2017 DRINK

• Basil Hayden’s Rye Review

  

  Basil Hayden’s Rye is the latest new / special release from Jim Beam and, unlike the Booker’s Rye, it utilizes their traditional rye mashbill. A mashbill they... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2017 DRINK

• Whistlepig Farmstock Rye Review

  

  Whistlepig Farmstock Rye is the first major market release WhistlePig has put out, though it’s not entirely their own whiskey. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2017 DRINK