Category Archives: Single Malt Scotch

Visual Recap: Summer 2015

Posted on September 8, 2015 by buffalowhiskeyguild

2015 gave Western NY a beautiful, not too dry, not too wet, not too hot, not too cold summer. One could say this summer was perfectly balanced — the backbone of any good season, or more aprupos, any good whiskey, … Continue reading →

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Visual Recap: Winter 2014-2015

Posted on March 17, 2015 by buffalowhiskeyguild

This Buffalo winter has literally been the worst ever recorded since the beginning of record keeping over a century ago. But instead of succumbing to this harshest of winters, BWG decided to fight the fridged temps, unending snow and brutal … Continue reading →

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Kilchoman Loch Gorm

Posted on December 15, 2014 by buffalowhiskeyguild

Even though Loch Gorm, Kilchoman’s sherry cask aged staple has been in production for a few years, it has only recently been distributed to Western NY. BWG has reviewed several Kilchoman products, all of which are nothing less than excellent (you … Continue reading →

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Visual Recap: Autumn 2014

Posted on December 2, 2014 by buffalowhiskeyguild

Another busy Buffalo NY Autumn is in the books. Every year we feel like there’s so much to do before winter arrives and try our damndest to pack it all in. The weather didn’t quite cooperate as much this year as … Continue reading →

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The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley

Posted on September 3, 2014 by buffalowhiskeyguild

Bruichladdich, one of BWG’s favorite Scottish distillers recently discontinued their “Laddie 10” flagship bottling and replaced it with The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley. We loved the Laddie 10 (you can read that review here), so we were not happy to … Continue reading →

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Ardbeg Uigeadail

Posted on August 25, 2014 by buffalowhiskeyguild

Recently, we here at BWG have inadvertently relegated our Ardbeg consumption to their special annual releases (you can read all our Ardbeg reviews here) and seem to have overlooked some of their more regularly available stuff. That has been a mistake… Ardbeg Uigeadail’s nose is … Continue reading →

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Springbank

Posted on July 31, 2014 by buffalowhiskeyguild

Springbank Distillery is the oldest family owned and operated distillery in Scotland. Founded in 1828, this Campbeltown whisky company is now in the hands of its founder’s great great great grand son. Springbank carries out the full production process of its … Continue reading →

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The Balvenie

Posted on July 15, 2014 by buffalowhiskeyguild

The Balvenie is a Speyside distillery that creates a wide range of single malt whiskies. They span from a baseline 12 year old, to a high-end 50 year old mammoth of a whisky. The Balvenie has the ability to please both … Continue reading →

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Kilchoman Single Cask Release

Posted on June 16, 2014 by buffalowhiskeyguild

BWG has had the pleasure of sampling several whiskies from the young Islay distillery Kilchoman. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Kilchoman’s innate flavor profiles and dissecting the subtle differences between bottlings. Recently, a stock of special releases by Kilchoman … Continue reading →

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Ardbeg Auriverdes

Posted on June 9, 2014 by buffalowhiskeyguild

Ardbeg’s annual special release is easily one of the most anticipated events in the whisky world. This year to BWG’s delight, Ardbeg decided to do a simultaneous world wide unveiling and distribution of their 2014 special release, Auriverdes. Buffalo’s allotment … Continue reading →