The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
In fact, I wasn’t a big fan of the old sherry forward bottling ‘Story of the Spaniard’. Of course, it was not bad, but something was missing from it to make it special. Yet, the new Crimson Cask makes totally up for it! On top of that, I decided to mix a Black Manhattan variation […]
I know it is Dry January, but here is a drink I already mixed up in December. On top of that, this is a great drink using Scotch whisky and a variation of another drink I made last year.
I have been more than lucky to try a great number of excellent spirits over the last year. So, in good tradition and the spirit of a “the year in review” I am sharing the ten best liquors of 2021 with you. Yes, I know as always I am too late to make this a […]
I am a big fan of Douglas Lang Regional Malt’s series. However, there was one standard edition missing. The Gauldrons blended malt whisky consists of different single malts from Campbeltown. This rather unique and almost underappreciated Scottish whisky region was once the whisky capital of the world. However, today only three distilleries remain. When it […]
There is arguably no better way to celebrate something than to open a bottle of champagne. Especially, when the bottle in question is such a special one as the Giraud Esprit Nature. The champagne is completely vinified in wood and only uses two of the three famous champagne grapes. Yet, this should not mean that […]
The third and last installment in my little beer cocktails series is a twist on the Blood & Sand. Obviously, there is scotch in the mix, but I went for a non-peated version. Instead, I added a bit of smoky flavours through the Gänstaller Burned Malt smoked beer. So, let us see how this little […]
I already reviewed quite a few bottles from Douglas Laing’s Regional Malts series. The standard expressions are a great way of tasting the different styles and regions of Scottish malts. However, there is even more to discover! Douglas Laing also releases special versions of the blended Scotch whiskies. Today, I am taking a closer look […]
Well, I came up with this drink as a kind of „Scotch Zombie“, but it did not quite make the cut into „Tropical Month“. While the drink is very good, it did not feel „tropical“ enough. Instead, it reminded me of a more powerful Penicillin Cocktail. This is why I am writing about it now […]
So far I have kept the most popular Scottish whisky regions of the Douglas Laing Regional Malts series from you. To make up for that, I want to talk about the Douglas Laing Scallywag today. The single malts for this pretty little bottle come from the Speyside region of Scotland. This means, that sampling it […]
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.
