“The Scotch Blog”
Unfortunately I let the URL www.thescotchblog.com go… Worse someone registered it – and worse yet – his name is (or he calls himself...
A Modest Proposal Revisted
Driven by John Glaser’s “open letter”, I thought I’d revisit this “modest proposal” I made a few years ago. In the...
Best of: Different is good
Originally Posted – December 12, 2005 You are “Different than Average” My deep dark secret is that I grew up in New York. Yep, in the...
Best of: Through the Tasting Glass
Originally Posted – November 16, 2005 Through the Tasting Glass I get a lot of suggestions from people for stories that I should write. Kevin, how...
Best of: New Drinkers
Still on vacation . . . I am NOT able to approve comments whilst gone. Originally Posted – December 15, 2005 Attracting new Scotch drinkers Attracting...
Best of: Bad Wall Street Journal
Still on vacation . . . I am NOT able to approve comments whilst gone. Originally Posted – December 15, 2005 Wall Street Journal, Tsk, Tsk. I haven’t...
Best of: Screw (Cap) This (Part 2)
A recent email from a reader asking about whether it was a good idea to store his whisky on its side reminded me that we were due to revisit this series…....
Best of: Screw (Cap) This (Part 1)
A recent email from a reader asking about whether it was a good idea to store his whisky on its side reminded me that we were due to revisit this series…....
Brandy Library – New York
This week, I’ll revisit some of the Whisky bar reviews I’ve done. Mom, I’ll be at the library (originally published February 20, 2006)...
Delilah’s – Chicago
This week, I’ll revisit some of the Whisky bar reviews I’ve done. Whisky Week: Not your Daddy’s Whisky Bar (originally published March...
Best of – Making fun of Advertisers
Here I made fun of a very expensive piece of marketing schwag produced by Bartle Bogle Hegarty for Diageo to promote Johnnie Walker Blue (which I lovingly...
Best of: Beau on Sherry (Part 2)
Beau Jarvis writes an excellent blog called Basic Juice. Beau really knows his wine, and takes an unpretentious look at what is basically fermented grape...
Best of: Beau on Sherry (Part 1)
Beau Jarvis writes an excellent blog called Basic Juice. Beau really knows his wine, and takes an unpretentious look at what is basically fermented grape...
Best of: 32 Primary Aromas? Myth Busting
This little story got a lot of attention, including a follow-up where Mark Gillespie of WhiskyCast asked Charles MacLean to support his assertion. He basically...
Best of: Call A Spade a Spade: SWA Response
David Williamson of the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) got back to me with the SWA’s position on the Call A Spade A Spade story: Many thanks for...
Best of: Call A Spade a Spade: Industry Responses
I had a number of comments on my recent story Call A Spade A Spade. Dominic Roskrow Editor, Whisky Magazine I’m still very much of the belief that the...
Best of: Call a Spade a Spade
Back in August of 2005 (in a story called A Rose By Any Other Name) I talked about the SWA-proposed nomenclature for the whisky industry. In that story...
Best of: Terroir-ism (Part 4)
This is part 4 of a 4 part series which discussed the concept of “terroir” and its applicability (or lack thereof) to the production of Scotch....
Best of: Terroir-ism (Part 3)
This is part 3 of a 4 part series which discussed the concept of “terroir” and its applicability (or lack thereof) to the production of Scotch....
