Whisky Round Table – a new notion – Round #1 June 3, 2010Gal Granov 4 Jason of the Guid scotch drink blog (formerly known from the WHISKYhost blog) came up with a brilliant idea : Why not set up a […]
Tasting SmokeHead 18 ‘Extra Black’ May 26, 2010January 11, 2011Gal Granov 17 One of my first Islay malts was the “regular” Smokehead. I remember me sitting in a bar (The excellent Tel-Aviv based ‘Norma Jean’ which boasts […]
Tasting the Single Malt Scotch Bars – Yumm! May 24, 2010Gal Granov 13 We all know that Chocolate and Whisky is a match made in heaven. I especially like sipping dark chocolate (70%, and of good quality) side […]
Israeli matured whisky cask #2 (AR.JR) is bottled! May 20, 2010Gal Granov 12 This is not an April fools day hoax, it’s very real. (just to be sure) So, An Israeli whisky? well, sort of. Actually we’re talking […]
Quick dram : Laphroaig 18 May 18, 2010Gal Granov 9 Laphraoaig is well known for its biting drams (at least when speaking of the younger versions), full of medicinal, iodine, tarry, briny peaty malts, and […]
Quick Sunday Dram : The Yamazaki Sherry Cask May 15, 2010Gal Granov 5 Damn it! I’ve been sitting here writing this awesome Quick dram post, i was almost half way through when this devil of PC i have […]
Big Bang #2 : Ardbeg Supernova 2010 is coming !!! May 13, 2010Gal Granov 0 So, you’ve probably heard about it. Every whisky blog is going to write about it, so why not us? 😉 Very exciting news indeed. Ardbeg […]
Quick Dram : Hakushu 12 – a peppery delight May 12, 2010January 4, 2011Gal Granov 11 The more I sample Japanese malts, the more i seem to like them. Too bad getting Japanese malt is trickier than getting the odd scotch […]
Quick Dram : BenRiach ‘Heredotus Fumosus’ 12 yo – a journey in Peated Speyside May 10, 2010January 18, 2011Gal Granov 21 The Benriach distillery is located in the heart of Speyside, 3 miles from the city of Elgin. Founded in 1892 by the Grant family next […]
'Blind draming' tasting Session #1 with @jewmalt May 6, 2010Gal Granov 21 Swapping samples is a great way to get to know malts before you buy, reduce the expenses (yes, we’re addicted and it’s very hard to […]