The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
The next drink with a Douglas Laing whisky is a variation on the Last Word cocktail. Or should I better say a variation of the La Ultima Palabra cocktail, because I substituted the gin with smoky Big Peat blended malt. Let us see if the peaty flavours work with the herbal Chartreuse notes.
While you might have heard of Linie Aquavit, the name Lysholm probably does not ring a bell. However, they are the same family that made Linie Aquavit a renown label. The relatively new No. 52 is now a new version to show off aquavits potential for mixing. I thought I would take advantage of that […]
Even now that Tiki month is over, I actually have two more rums to talk about. The first one is from St. Lucia and the casks mimic a rum that was forgotten after a fire at the distillery. However, the second rum in question is even more special. The bottling from Plantation’s Single Cask line […]
For the first Spirited News of 2019 I want to present to you a whisky and a rum. Both spirits have in common that they come from smaller, but well renown producers. On the one hand, the Epicurean is a blend of Lowland single malts which belongs to Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Malts series. On […]
Following the tradition of one American whiskey blind-tasting a year. It again was time for bourbon. This time I tried to incorporate as many different styles as possible. This means that we tried high corn, high rye, wheated and also a four grain bourbon. Apart from that, the range spanned from a few month old […]
I know it is just ten days until Christmas, but hopefully I am not too late for some spirit-forward present tips. If you have someone who loves booze, but you do not know what to get him or her: Here are five tips for almost every kind of cocktail and spirits aficionado.
The renown eau de vie distillery Farthofer also started to produce whiskys. While on first glance this might seem like nothing really new, the degree to which the whisky is produced in-house is still something special. Josef Farthofer grows eight different heirloom grain varieties on his fields and also built his own malting. This is […]
The third instalment in the 2018 Single Casks Collection from Plantation is a 12-year-old rum from Panama. After its initial ageing process in its home-country and Plantation’s obligatory stay in cognac casks, the Panama 12 Years Rum gets a rare single malt cask finish. So, this should be rather interesting to see if there is […]
The next rum in the 2018 Plantation Single Cask Collection line-up is the Plantation Trinidad 2009. Its The origin alone arouses my interest, paired with an age of nine years, I am very keen on trying this special rum. Furthermore, I also have another Old-Fashioned variation in stall for you, that is packed with different […]
It has been a while since I reviewed the last bourbon here on the blog. This is why, I thought I will give two bottles a try which I had my eye set on for a long time: The Old Grand Dad 114 Proof and the Pure Kentucky X.O. bourbon. Both clock in at above […]
