Sku's (Not So) Recent Drinks

Continuing with our selection of Speyside Scotches, we are moving on to Linkwood, one of the most intriguing of Speysiders. Linkwood's original bo...

 When it comes to Scotch, I'm a single malt drinker. I love tasting the different distilleries from different regions and of different ages. But so...

For the second in our three part series on blended Scotch, we turn to the Famous Grouse. Johnnie Walker may be the world's best selling Scotch, but...

Over the next few weeks we will be examining the new trend toward ever younger, ever peatier Scotches with tastings of three brash, young Islays. W...

Laphroaig 1999, 7 years old, cask strength, Bottled by Signatory for Binny's Beverage Depot, 58% alcohol ($44).       Binny's Beverage Depot is a ...

The final leg of our tour of young, assertive Islays is a whiskey that is regrettably not available in the US. One of the difficult things about b...

  No, I'm not talking about obscure alt-rock bands...it's Wednesday so I'm talking whiskey. One of the more mysterious areas of whiskey is the wor...

I have written a piece about the great deals you could get on single malt Scotch at your local Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's is, of course, a rapidly ...

  Way up north, I mean way up north, like Santa Claus north, on the remote Orkney Islands Northeast of Scotland lies one of the world's finest whi...

It used to be that scotch marketing was extremely consistent: the older the scotch, the more revered and expensive. But within the last five years...

When I was 16, my 12 year old little brother was a pain in the rear...always embarrassing me in front of my friends, messing with my stuff, and ma...

Getting Started: Visit Trader Joe's If you live in California, there is no better place to start sampling single malts than your local Trader ...