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...

Long before I became a whiskey nut, I was drinking Tequila. Prior to my first trip to Mexico, I had mostly been a wine and beer drinker with the o...

Hedonism is one of the most acclaimed products of popular blender Compass Box. What makes it different from most popular Scotches is that it's a gr...

Redbreast is that most Irish of whiskies: pure pot still and triple distilled at Midleton, the home of Jameson. Aged 12 years, it's part of the new...

 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...

The relatively new Bulleit Bourbon is being marketed heavily these days.     With its slick bottle and romantic claims of being a "Frontier Whiske...

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...

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...