Archive for May, 2007

Long Live The Cutty Sark

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

The time Before Intelligence, B.I., of May 21, 2007, is a day we whisky lovers morn the burning of the Cutty Sark.
It is the day we all become Scotch lovers to toast and drink and be merry for the memory of the beloved ship Cutty Sark.
Oh’ how I do love the scotch you have […]

Dark Chocolate Truffels And Tyrconnell Create Scotch

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Maybe it was the four whiskys I had before eating that dark chocolate Truffle and drinking Tyrconnell and thinking I got a Scotch? Whatever the reason for faux peat thought smelled and tasted, Dark Chocolate Truffles and Tyrconnell created a Scotch like taste.
I had to have another Tyrconnell just to be sure Tyrconnell wasn’t […]

Whiskey Haikus

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Turkey Rye
It is wild like
If you try to catch it you
Chasing the Turkey
Tamnavulin
A Scotsman drink
Always there for me when deep.
Now drink. Now drink. Now
Ardbeg
Smokey. Love. Smell. Good
Fill body, mind, soul with wonder
Last drop sipped, savored

Hogshead Wiskey

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Hogshead won’t boar through you with an exploding bite of oak or fumes that can strip paint from primer. Hogshead has fumes of smoke with a flame of vanilla to warm then cool the pallet after each swallow. The fumes can make you snort if you aren’t careful. Its clear body doesn’t let you […]