Posts Tagged “Scotch Malt Whisky Society”

One Quick Dram: SMWS 1.156 Glenfarclas 11 Years Old Whisky Tasting Notes

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One Quick Dram: SMWS 1.156 Glenfarclas 11 Years Old Whisky Tasting Notes

Wanna have some fun? Give a blind dram of this whisky to a whisky aficionado and ask him or her to identify it. It will be a barrel of laughs. They’d get to Speyside, but that’s as far as it will go.  I wonder if anybody who’s last name isn’t Grant would identify it on…

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One Quick Dram: SMWS 73.45 Aultmore 19 Years Old Whisky Tasting Notes

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One Quick Dram: SMWS 73.45 Aultmore 19 Years Old Whisky Tasting Notes

The Aultmore distillery is one of those distilleries you don’t meet every day. It’s part of the Dewars corporation’s single malt distilleries (together with, Craigellachie, Macduff, Aberfeldy and Royal Brackla) which produce the malts needed for the Dewar’s blended whiskys.  This distillery does not have its own core expressions (there was an official Flora & Fauna…

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Berlin as a Whisky Destination – Part One

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Berlin as a Whisky Destination – Part One

You’ve heard a lot about Berlin as Europe’s culture capital, the city revived by the wall coming down. Berlin also happens to be one of the most popular vacation destinations for Israelis, and I figured I’d jump on the bandwagon and come to Berlin for an extended weekend. Not being the clubbing type, my days…

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