Tag: tasting notes
AWA Cherry Liquor Finish: a unique single malt whisky from France
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#131313″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” _builder_version=”3.18.2″ title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff” width=”85%” hover_enabled=”0″] AWA Cherry Liquor Finish: a unique single malt whisky from France In Alsace, the most eastern region of France, the distillation of fruits into spirit…
Whisky Hepp: A must try Single Malt collection from Alsace, France
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] REGIONAL HISTORY [Please note that this article is still in the old website format and all the images and video may not display correctly. We are in the process of converting…
Glenmorangie new release: Grand Vintage Malt 1989, presented live by its creator, Dr Bill Lumsden!
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] On April 5th 2018, Dr Bill Lumsden, the Master Disiller of Glenmorangie (and also of Ardbeg and GlenMoray) came to New-York City to present his new “baby”. A 27 years…
Glenmorangie Signet: Innovative, beautiful, superb taste – enjoy!
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#131313″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” _builder_version=”3.18.2″ title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.7″ text_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#e09900″ header_4_font_size=”20px” width=”84%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|22px||22px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_5_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” header_5_font_size=”26px” header_5_text_color=”#e09900″] This is an amazing Scottish whisky crafted from a great inspiration of Bill…
Dad’s Hat: an innovative Rye Whiskey distillery in Pennsylvania
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] This is at half hour drive to the north of Philadelphia that lays Dad’s Hat Rye Whiskey distillery, in Bristol, created in 2011. Three words come very obvious out of the…
Yamazaki 18yo, a very refined whisky by the 1st whisky distillery created in Japan
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#131313″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” _builder_version=”3.18.2″ title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] Japan is the fourth country for whisky production worldwide. A country can not earn this ranking overnight, and the story of whisky and Japan starts in the nineteenth century,…
A Glenfiddich tasting event at the Blue Morel, Morristown
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] The tasting event took place at the Blue Morel*, Morristown, NJ, on Oct 12, 2017, and was entertained by the Glenfiddich Brand Ambassador Alan Roth. Glenfiddich is located in the Speyside,…
A Balvenie event at the Malt Lounge
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] Balvenie is an iconic Scottish distillery located in the Speyside, part of William Grant & Sons. The distillery is one of the last to have a malting floor (see picture below),…
P&M Corsican Single Malt Whisky, 7 year old, promising
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] France is the first market in the world for scotch whisky consumption, but the country is not even in the top 10 for whisky production. This may change one day as…
Kavalan, Solist, port cask, cask strength, single cask, from Taiwan: a winner
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] The picture shows the bottle n°175 out of a single cask that has filled 217 bottles. Distillation occurred in May 2010 and bottling in March 2017, so the whisky is about…
Laphroaig 10 years old, cask strength, batch 009: a special release in 2017
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] This is the type of limited release that you can find only at the distillery or online directly from the Laphroaig website. The bottle is so rare and wanted that they…
Redbreast 12 years old, cask strength, batch B1/17, 58.2%, from Ireland
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] Redbreast is a whiskey from Ireland. It is distilled three times and made from a blend of malted and unmalted barley at equal parts: a pure pot still. It is matured…