Another Malt Nuts event so close to the last? Madness! Well, actually, it is, but not the kind you’re thinking of. It took me forever to get the Ardmore tasting notes up because things got insane with the day job and had to cut down my writing time significantly. Luckily this … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts: Caol Ila 8 Years and Under
Malt Nuts Whisky Tastings
Malt Nuts: Undisclosed Orkney Tasting
Last week the Malt Nuts gathered once again with a malt-based focus. This time our sights were set on Undisclosed Orkney which, let’s be honest, means we had a night of Highland Park on the table. “But Orkney also has Scapa, how do you know it’s not Scapa?!?” you might ask. Well, … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts: Undisclosed Orkney Tasting
Malt Nuts: Sherried Tamdhu Tasting
Technically it’s Fall in Los Angeles, but even after 8 years of living here - damn, has it really been that long? - it’s hard for me to really get the feeling with how slow and subtle the change of seasons are in Southern California. It’s more of a crawl and less of a march as … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts: Sherried Tamdhu Tasting
Malt Nuts: ex-Bourbon Highland Park
On a night that dovetailed from summer into fall, the Malt Nuts gathered once more to dig into a club favorite: Highland Park. Expressions of ex-Bourbon Highland Park in particular, spurred on by how well the Highland Park The Light showed in one of our previous tastings. Known … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts: ex-Bourbon Highland Park
Corn Nuts: Rebel Yell Single Barrel Face Off
Once a year the Malt Nuts set aside malt and turn our senses towards the oak-driven style of bourbon. This year we decided to take on a single release from a single distillery to see just how much variance can occur in single barrels. To do this we gathered up a bunch of … [Read more...] about Corn Nuts: Rebel Yell Single Barrel Face Off
Malt Nuts: Gargantuan Glen Grant Tasting
Glen Grant is a storied distillery with ties back to one of my favorite dead distilleries, Capperdonich, and a few weeks ago the Malt Nuts set their sights on it. We gathered, we ate, we tasted a bunch of different expressions of Glen Grant blind and we discussed … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts: Gargantuan Glen Grant Tasting
Malt Nuts: Kilchoman Wine Cask Tasting
The Malt Nuts are a great group of guys who get together and drink single malts. Kilchoman is a distillery that puts out young whisky at such an impressive caliber it makes you forget how young it is. Mixing the two together is a recipe for an amazing evening and that’s exactly … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts: Kilchoman Wine Cask Tasting
Malt Nuts: Blind Springbank Local Barley
The latest release of the Springbank Local Barley has created a bit of a stir. It’s picked up some good reviews, some great reviews and some rave reviews. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t enjoy it. For the Malt Nuts this created an ideal situation to do a blind … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts: Blind Springbank Local Barley
Malt Nuts Tasting: Old and Older Blends
The Malt Nuts have gathered one again, but instead of tackling a single distillery we had something else set in our sights… blends. I know what you’re thinking, but being the Malt Nuts we didn’t tackle your typical bottom shelf blends. Oh no, we saddled up next to some “old and … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts Tasting: Old and Older Blends
Malt Nuts Closed Distillery Tasting: Bladnoch, Inverleven and Ladyburn
Last week the Malt Nuts invited me back for another great meeting and the theme of this one was closed West Coast Lowlands distilleries. As always there was a set focus and it wasn’t just a smattering of what everyone could find; there was a set guest list for our glasses. Also … [Read more...] about Malt Nuts Closed Distillery Tasting: Bladnoch, Inverleven and Ladyburn