Islay
I just got back from brunch with Dr. Bill Lumsden, Master Distiller of Glenmorangie and Arbeg, at the Brandy Library. The food was great, the whisky was better and a great time was had by all. Dr. Bill promised to bore us to death and then give us great whisky. I told him that talk [...]
Laphroaig 10yo Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 43% ABV, 86 Proof Around $35, Widely Available What The Distillery Says: Laphroaig, pronounced “La-froyg”, is an all-malt Scotch whisky from the remote island of Islay in the Western Isles of Scotland. Laphroaig is a Gaelic word, and means “the beautiful hollow by the broad bay”. In the [...]
Whisky, like most things goes through phases. Some of these phases are more macroeconomic like the historical boom and bust periods for whisky sales and their impacts on production and distillery openings and closings. Other phases tend to seem more like fads. fad – noun a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., esp. one [...]
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