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LA Scotch Club Celebrates With Laphroaig 40, bottle 1929
On December 2nd, 2012 the LA Scotch Club gathered in Pasadena to share in a solemn ritual: the complete and utter annihilation of Laphroaig 40, bottle 1929. May it rest in peace (in my belly.) Alas, one more prized bottle has been robbed of the opportunity to rot on the top shelf of a collector’s ...
WhiskyFest Jumps the Shark – San Francisco
“Whiskyfest, San Francisco… we were lovers once.” She made my heart palpitate. The skies opened and the sun yada yada yada. I remember years ago, dashing toward the best tables while trying to preserve a shred of dignity. It was a Halloween for whisky geeks and there were so many more king-sized butterfingers than crappy ...
Peatin’ Meetin’ IV
Peatin’ Meetin’ 2012 is creeping around the corner. With the addition of a few sponsors, we’ve got about 80 bottles. The latest news is that Pedro Shanahan (as seen on Last Call with Carson Daly) of 7Grand has agreed to do bartend our whisky cocktails. We’ll have LA’s best making us Ardbeg Juleps and Blood ...
Gnac Night
Cognac? Armagnac? But aren’t we all about Whisky? Yes, but we also focus on learning, and an important part of knowing about whisky is knowing what distinguishes it from other fine spirits. On May 25th the LA Scotch Club will travel down the Chunnel from Scotland to France to explore HIGH END Cognac and Armagnac… ...
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 ...
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 ...
2011 IRONDRAM CHAMPIONS!
We have a winner! Six proud independent bottlers entered the IronDram Colosseum in downtown LA with their handpicked gladiators. Eighteen scotches available in the Western US market were poured into a new bottle so that everything could be tasted blindly. The bottlers entered a scotch each of the three tiers: Low price (Star Wars tier), ...
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