Proselytizing the way of the malt
In conjunction with our new year’s resolution we also added an archive page under “About Us” that lists all our posted reviews. In the past you could always do a search if you were looking for something specific but we thought this might be helpful too.
What are we going to do differently in 2011? Review more whiskey. We don’t personally think too much about our opinions of whiskeys beyond our own palates. However, people seem to like us to review whiskeys on the website. So with that in mind we were reviewing the backlog in the Whisk(e)y Apostle whiskey cellars and thought about making this resolution for 2011. We are going to try our hardest to review at least a whiskey a week this year. We’ve been delayed in the past by getting notes from both of us before posting but we’re going to try to work through that. Some reviews may come from Matt first with Richard’s notes following later and some may come the other way. Ultimately, we will always try to have both our perspectives.
We’re also going to try to do themes for each month because that seems like a fun idea. January will be 2010 Annual Bourbon Releases so that you can read our thoughts while you can still find the stuff in the stores. We’ll announce the theme at the beginning of each month and try to have a new review up every Friday. That’s the plan at least. So for January look for these coming reviews…
Evan Williams Single Barrel 2000 Vintage
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2010
Four Roses 2010 Limited Edition Small Batch
Four Roses 2010 Limited Edition Single Barrel
Another year, another holiday season. Merry Christmas to those of you out there who celebrate Christmas. We hope Santa left you some nice bottles under the tree. For those who don’t celebrate Christmas, happy holidays from the Apostles to all of you. We hope you all have a great holiday season!
Your Whisk(e)y Apostles,
Richard & Matt
Just a reminder, there are only 11 days left to register for the 2010 Holiday Swag Giveaway!
Yes. You can joke and say “Who would turn down whiskey?” but this is a valid question. Some people review only things that they buy and some people review only things that are sent to them. While we actually purchase most of the whisk(e)y that we review it is out of necessity more than anything else. Plus, we’re usually buying the stuff anyway. 😉
For those who read our blog, we don’t treat the whisk(e)y any different regardless of whether it was sent to us or purchased by us. The only difference is that we disclose in the review if the sample was sent to us. We usually do reviews periodically (and hopefully with some regularity) based on what’s in our liquor cabinets at any given moment. For samples sent to us we trying to have a pretty short turnaround time out of respect for the company that sends it to us. This is usually because the samples tend to coincide with a seasonal promotion, new release, etc that may be time sensitive.
In the past we’ve received generosity in the form of review samples from Pernod Ricard, Cooley, Charbay, and several others. If you have something you would like us to review then contact either Matt or myself through email.
Your Whisk(e)y Apostles,
Richard & Matt