And a brine chaser, please
While █████ and I were in New York City about a month ago, we were introduced to a drink called the "pickle back"—a shot of Irish whiskey followed by a pickle-brine chaser. Yes, I...
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Drinks by the dram by any other name...
According to Whisky Connosr: "Some ideas are so brilliantly simple you wonder why no-one has thought of them before." Now, I love me some gimmicky new ways to quaff my favorite hoity-toity single-malt scotches,...
Notes from under the table
I had intended to tweet live from WhiskyFest Chicago last week but was thwarted in my efforts because I couldn't get a signal in the underground ballroom at the Hyatt Regency. I did, however,...
An evening of drunken de-scotch-ery
So, as threatened, Paul (of theinferior4 fame) and Colin and I went down to the Brandy Library yesterday evening to attend a Spirit School class in rare & precious scotches at the feet of Ethan Kelley...
Care and feeding of your piano
What a long, long day! █████ went to Long Island to partake of Easter dinner with friends and their families, whilst I wrote pretty much from 5:00 am to 10:30 pm—with breaks, of course,...
Peat rose
I must share part of a letter I've received referring to my podcast and commenting on my many comments therein about scotch: I'm a Scot living in London and can I first...