Forced to choose a preference among the Big Three Peat Monsters of Islay, those whose cupolas serve sentry duty on the southern shores, I would have to admit to being a proud passenger on the Ardbeg…

This whisky is a truly humbling experience. In the words of Wayne and Garth, “We’re not worthy!”The only reason I’m cluttering up the board with yet another Oogie review is that I’m on a mission to…

AnCnoc 12 is the taped-glasses, pocket-protector nerd from your school days. On one hand, it’s too weak to combat even the tamest of adversaries. It got into a fight with my Glenfiddich 12 the other day…

Bulleit 95 Rye is an example of how vastly different whisky lovers’ taste buds can be. Only one review on Connosr mentions mint, while among online reviewers, only Jason Pyle mentions it in passing on…

It was a long and fractious courtship, but that feisty lass Aberlour A’bunadh and I eventually found love. Our skirmishes were Shakespearian in magnitude; she was Kate to my Petruchio, only this time the…

You probably won’t encounter a review of Compass Box whiskies without the word “innovative” somewhere in the first paragraph, so let’s get it out of the way: they’re innovative! Innovative with cask…

The story behind this blend is well-known, so here’s the two-sentence version for the sake of brevity and non-redundancy: The late Sir Alexander Walker II, grandson of John Walker, crafted the Swing…

This was something of a blind purchase for the sake of hometown loyalty more than any other compelling factor. I’ve lived in or near Chicago all my life, so I felt an obligation to support at least one…

Pardon the awful pun in the title of this review (just be glad I didn’t go with “I’ve got a Hank Arran for this stuff!”), but it sums up many of the elements I find in this excellent dram. Loaded with…

As the late Rosemary Clooney sang:Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you candy Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give a you Apple a plum and apricot-a too eh Come on-a my house, my house…