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Monday, August 13, 2012

Some ramblings on a Monday afternoon

It's a quiet blog day for me.  I'm working on employment stuff as well as tomorrow's Taste Off report.

In the meantime, I recommend...

The Coopered Tot posted the results of his gigantic 6-part blind Canadian Rye tasting, along with some thorough analysis.  It's so good that it inspired me to amend part of yesterday's Taste Off.  More on my much smaller non-rye Taste Off tomorrow.

The Scotch & Ice Cream blog posted an intensive write up on three Canadian Ryes last week.  Jefferson's 10 year Rye is looking better every day.

If you're a sherry fan, Chemistry of the Cocktail did a write-up on three deeee-licious looking sherry & rye cocktail recipes.

Looks like everything is turning up rye!

On the Scotch front, if you have 15 minutes and a drink at hand, Malt Maniac Ralfy just posted a video about Kilchoman (one of my favorite distilleries) and young crafted whiskies in general.

And look at that black-shirted drinker on the left of the photo below:
Thanks to Shawn Bishop Photography and their the wide-angle lens, I look considerably more buff than I deserve to.  Anyway, that's a pic from the LA Scotch Club's Peetin' Meetin'.  And I'm reaching for the indie Ardmore, my fave of the evening.

That's all, see you tomorrow for some bourbon.

2 comments:

  1. It would be nice if Ardmore started putting out more than the 'Traditional Cask' expression. I've heard mixed reviews about that one, but people rave about a lot of the aged dated OB and indie bottles, so the distillery must be sitting on some good whisky.

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  2. I think so too. I'm a big fan of their Trad Cask, and it's priced well out here, usually under $40. It's young whisky though. I wonder if Beam found the existing stock lacking when they took over, because there's 10-15 years of missing malt between the Trad Cask and the 25yr.

    Otherwise, with whisky prices on the rise, I'd think this is the perfect moment for them release a 12-15 year (and charge too much for it).

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