Johnnie Walker is set to release a limited edition Scotch called the Double Black, which is a more heavily wooded and smoke-infused version of its classic Black Label. The new 80 proof blend includes peated whisky and whisky aged in heavy-char barrels, which lends it a more pronounced woodsy taste than the regular Black Label’s […]

I would really like to get my hands on The Balvenie’s latest release, a 14 year old whisky called Caribbean Cask. The single malt scotch is titled as such because after being aged in traditional whisky barrels for 14 years, it was transferred to rum barrels to finish. The Speyside distillery crafts some of the […]

Islay distillery Bruichladdich has been doing a nice job of releasing distinct expressions with various qualities of note. Their Organic 2003 was the first certified “organic” single malt scotch, and their Peat expression emphasized their scotch’s peaty flavor. Now their Octomore 2nd Edition takes that former scotch and kicks the peatiness quotient into the stratosphere, […]

If you read LIAS with any regularity you’ll know we’re kind of fanatics of The Balvenie single malt scotch. The Speyside distillery just makes some delicious affordable scotch, and their various special editions are equally exceptional (such as their Madeira Cask, 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch and whatever wonderfulness resides in their Ambassador Case). […]

I’m not a huge fan of Islay scotch, its notorious peatiness is just too smokey for my personal taste. Every time I drink some Laphroaig my mouth feels like I smoked a half dozen Montechristos, and I get mad cottonmouth. Still, I appreciate the honesty behind Bruichladdich’s Peat single malt whisky — it lets you […]