Josh Peters

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1714 )

• Orphan Barrel Gifted Horse Review

  

  Recently I got to taste the Orphan Barrel Gifted Horse at the Los Angeles launch party and soon after I got to taste a sample at home which I sipped on while... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 DRINK

• A Tour of The Corsair Distillery

  

  Corsair Distillery is one of my favorite craft distillers in America right now. They’re innovative, they’re interesting, they do unique and weird things,... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2016 DRINK

• Cask Strength Tobermory and Ledaig – A Malt Nuts Meeting

  

  Last week the Malts Nuts gathered once again for our monthly malt meeting where we explore the depths of a single distillery and for this particular meeting we... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2016 DRINK

• Singleton of Dufftown 15 Years Review

  

  Singleton of Dufftown 15 Years is an odd whisky. Not because it tastes weird or anything like that, but because it’s one of three distilleries that sit under th... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2016 DRINK

• 1970s Ainslie & Heilbron Clynelish 12 Years Review

  

  I want you to think about why I have the 1970s Ainslie Heilbron Clynelish 12 Years and the 2015 Diageo Special Release Brora 37 years together in the image... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 DRINK

• Royal Brackla 12 Years Review

  

  Royal Brackla 12 Years is part of Dewars Last Great Malts releases and next to the Craigellachie 13 it’s my 2nd favorite in the line up. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2016 DRINK

• Aultmore 12 Years Review

  

  Aultmore 12 Years is another release in Dewars’ Last Great Malts lineup and comes from a distillery that’s been quietly pumping out whisky in the central... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 DRINK

• The Devron 12 Years Review

  

  The Devron 12 Years is a lot like Ledaig in that there is no Ledaig distillery and is instead an expression made at Tobermory. There is no Devron distillery... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2016 DRINK

• Port Ellen 32 Years Review

  

  Port Ellen 32 Years is a $4,000 bottle of unbridled inky peaty madness, but I’ll get into all of that in the Port Ellen 32 Years review below. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2016 DRINK

• Brora 37 Years Review

  

  Brora 37 Years is the oldest Brora ever released in the Diageo Special Releases, which might be an obvious statement. What might not be so obvious though is tha... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2016 DRINK

• Dailuaine 34 Years Review

  

  Part of the 2015 Diageo Special Releases we tasted at a recent LAWS meeting, the Dailuaine 34 Years is the first official bottling from the Dailuaine... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 DRINK

• Pittyvaich 25 Years Review

  

  This Pittyvaich 25 Years is part of the 2015 Diageo Special Releases and comes from a dead distillery that was in operation for just 18 short years. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 DRINK

• Clynelish Second Release Review

  

  Clynelish Second Release is the 2015 Diageo Special Releases Clynelish NAS concoction created by Johnny Walker’s master blender, the aptly named Mr. Jim... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 DRINK

• The Cally 40 Years Review

  

  The Cally 40 Years is the only single grain whisky included in the 2015 Diageo Special Releases and hails from the Caledonian distillery which no longer exists. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 DRINK

• Dalwhinnie 25 Years Review

  

  Dalwhinnie 25 Years is part of the 2015 Diageo Special Releases. This little 1 wash and 1 spirit still distillery is located in the western Highlands in the... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 DRINK

• Balcones Brimstone Review

  

  Balcones Brimstone utilizes their typical corn mash, but during the process of making the whiskey they utilize a “secret process” to smoke the spirit using Texa... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 DRINK

• E.H. Taylor Cured Oak Review

  

  E.H. Taylor Cured Oak gets its name from the curing process the staves went through before making the barrels. Typically independent Stave will air dry (cure)... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 DRINK

• Balcones True Blue Review

  

  Balcones True Blue is the cask strength version of the Balcones Baby Blue I reviewed not too long ago and it’s a powerful, aromatic and flavorful whiskey... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 DRINK

• Corsair Ryemageddon Review

  

  Corsair Ryemageddon is an interesting all rye whiskey made from 80% malted rye and 20% chocolate rye which is a toasted rye grain used to add roasty cocoa... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 DRINK

• Balcones Texas Single Malt Review

  

  Balcones Texas Single Malt is called such because it’s Balcones’ Single Malt and they’re located in Texas… it’s a pretty self explanatory name. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 DRINK