Tag Archives: spirits
Van Winkle 12
The Van Winkle family of bourbons (other wise known as “Pappy”) are currently the most sought after whiskies on the American market. Nothing else even comes close. Their hype and lore, which are currently stratospheric, result in its price tag reaching the same … Continue reading
Connemara Cask Strength
Connemara Cask Strength is the only Irish whiskey to be bottled at natural strength. It is not chill-filtered, or aided by coloring and matures in oak casks. The Cask Strength Connemara has all the base flavor profiles of the regular version (which we review … Continue reading
Ardbeg Uigeadail
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
Angel’s Envy Rye
Back in March, BWG was able to acquire a bottle of the highly acclaimed Angel’s Envy bourbon. We absolutely loved that whiskey and felt it deserving of all its accolades. (Read that review here.) Since sampling the Angel’s Envy bourbon, … Continue reading
Breckenridge Bourbon
Breckenridge Bourbon is a uniquely crafted bourbon via Colorado that has been steadily growing on BWG since the first time we sampled it. It’s created out of a blend of 56% corn, 38% rye and 6% barley and is aged … Continue reading
The Dalmore 15
The Dalmore is a Scottish Highland distillery that produces a vast array of single malt whiskies. They boast a line up that includes everything from inexpensive entry-level whiskies, all the way up to rare and comically expensive whiskies (comically meaning upwards … Continue reading
Kilchoman Machir Bay 2013
One of our favorite whiskies is Kilchoman Machir Bay 2012. We love the balanced flavors of fresh autumn leaves and peat smoke. You can read our full review on that whisky here. Kilchoman, one of the newer Islay distilleries, releases … Continue reading
Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 5
Most distilleries offer a cask strength version of their whisky. Cask strength means that it is unfiltered (save barrier-filtering which removes any floating particles) and is bottled directly from the aging cask. Laphroaig creates annual versions of their 10 year old cask … Continue reading