Ian Buxton’s new book is nigh! “101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die” A fun and accessible guide to completing an education in whiskey from a man who knows his hooch. Avoiding the deliberately obscure, the ridiculously limited, and the absurdly expensive, whiskey expert Ian Buxton ha[...]
Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Scotch Whisky Glass.com
Fellow Richmond, Virginia resident Ken Blankenship wanted to let people know that he recently launched SCOTCHWHISKYGLASS.COM, a new GLENCAIRN Glassware website. For a wide selection of GLENCAIRN whisky glassware, including the Traditional GLENCAIRN Tasting Glass in unetched and Distillery etched Lo[...]
January 18th, 2010 - 11.22.pm § in Friends of TSB, Online Resources
Whisky Explorer’s Club
Doug Stone of For Scotch Lovers wrote to let me know about a new endeavour: I wanted to let you know about a very exciting club I’m about to launch, called the Whisky Explorers Club. The goal of the club is two fold: 1) to introduce members to exciting whiskies from around the world [...][...]
November 10th, 2009 - 3.40.pm § in Events, Friends of TSB
Brandy Library Special Whisky Tasting
Ethan Kelley from the Brandy Library let me know about a special event coming up next Wednesday November 18th. I thought you should know about this little event we have brewing out here, it might be of interest to you. As you know, the practice of pairing whiskies and food keeps gaining speed. Wit[...]
Some secrets are meant for sharing.
A mysterious box showed up this past week. I finally got the courage (and time) to open it up this morning. Inside was a dossier, 2 tasting glasses, a very cool memory card and best of all…a bottle of the newly released Benromach 10 year old whisky. More on the package in a bit, but [...][...]
It’s Back. But Legal. You go JG.
Months ago I alluded that John would be resurrecting his Spice Tree Whisky. That time is now. If you are new to the world of Whisky you may be saying “The Spice Tree“? What the hell is that? Read my original Story on The Spice Tree: The Spice of Life (October 2005) “The original Spice [...]
