Andrew Smith // Posts published by Andrew Smith
Great Buys for New Scotch
One of my quests in life is not only to find great whisky but to find good whisky deals. Of course there are the classics, like the $32 (£20) Laphroaig I get down the street, but there are some new players too. I’ve found three bottles that have piqued my interest in the last few ...
Charbay – The American Hop Whiskey
Perched nearly 2000 feet above Napa, a little distillery nicknamed “Still on the Hill” has been quietly making some of the best whiskey in America. Charbay is a name that doesn’t get tossed around a lot, unless you’re Californian and pay top dollar for quality drinks. It’s run by the Karakasevic family, which is on ...
The Nth Universal Experience – Interviews from Both Sides of the Luxury Event
There’s a little something happening in Las Vegas on March 2nd and 3rd that you should know about. There won’t be chips, tokens, cards, humorless dealers, obnoxious lines, or bikini optional pools. There will however be some world class whisky, and I don’t say that lightly, because I know world class whisky (I know it ...
“The Audacity of Note” or “How I Will Review Whisky” – Whisky Notes Part 4
I’ll be doing a lot of reviews on Whisky.com so you’ll need to know where I stand. As I said before, there are a lot of rating systems out there, and I have to choose one. The System We’ll be using the A-F rating system here, and just like school, C is average, without merit ...
How to Write Tasting Notes – Whisky Notes Part 3
Thanks for listening to me whine and moan for parts 1 and 2 about other peoples’ notes. Now we get to the good part where I stick my neck out and say how I think notes should be done and this is especially important because I need to lay down the groundwork for how I’ll ...
Burns Night Supper at Beckham Grille
Robert Burns, Scotland’s most lauded poet, penned famous words about whisky and women at about the time that America won its independence. He’s probably best known to us as the author of Auld Lang Syne, that New Year’s song that’s never been sung sober or in tune. “Robbie” died young but somehow became more famous ...
Whisky Books, Whisky Awards, and The Best Whisky in the Universe – Whisky Notes Part 2
Whisky Books Every newbie has done it. I sure did. When I encountered my first wall o’ malts at a good spirits shop, I crumbled in joy, then confusion. But wait, someone wrote a whisky book to tell me what to buy? I bought the book. I bought another book. I bought scotch. You know, ...
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