I met up with a good friend tonight to catch up on old times. We hadn’t seen each other in a while – he brought the cigars and, of course, The Whisky Guy brought the whiskey. I went with the Woodford Reserve. Continue reading
Day: December 6, 2010
If I asked you to think of a dog, what comes to mind? What color is it? What breed? Does it bark a lot?
That’s the question when someone asks about whisky. Saying ‘whisky’ is like saying ‘dog.’ At the top level, whisky is a brown spirit distilled from grain. Any cereal grain can be used, and it can be produced anywhere in the world. And just as there are many different breeds of dogs, there are many different types of whisky. Bulldogs, terriers, hounds… If ‘whisky’ is ‘dog’, ‘Scotch’ is ‘poodle’ – and just as different poodles have different personalities, different Scottish whiskies have different personalities. Continue reading