Whiskey Lore Journal

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The tale of two un-chill filtered Highland Single Malts, a couple of movies, and a way to get those scents down if the whisky isn't immediately hitting your nose.

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I am slowly learning more and more about Japanese whisky. In this episode I taste two big sellers. One is a blend and the other a corn whisky. And yes, I fought the urge to say "It's Suntory time!"

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While in Glasgow, I had a chance to interview Richard "the Nose" Paterson, Master Blender of Whyte and McKay for my episodes about Sir Ernest Shackleton and the bottle of 100 year old whisky that Richard had the honor to match in a blend.

During the recording, I asked him if he would share his tasting technique and he jumped right in, so I decided to pull the camera phone out and capture it for you.

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Early Times and the ties with today's two whisk(e)ys. It all goes back to this past week's Whiskey Lore Podcast episode 9 and 10 in Season 2. I also mention Early Times move from Brown-Forman to Sazerac. I also raise a bit of the potential controversy on Yellowstone's 1882 date for the whiskey. Both of these have really odd tasting notes for me.

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Time to pair up two turbulent whiskies, both from Ardbeg. The differences are found in ABV and age. Which whisky wins? Was it even fair to pair up one of my favorite whiskies against the 5 year old, new kid on the block?

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Ireland value whiskey versus the Isle of Skye legend, both single malts, both with a nice hint of peat and sea air.

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Going to Kentucky is awesome, but don't forget the guys doing all the creative work near home as well.

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Time for some high heat competition. Two very high proof bourbons. The results were very interesting.

Two very interesting whiskies (or is that whiskeys) that cross styles. The Irish whiskey uses a technique that is more related to scotch - and the scotch is distilled in the Irish tradition. Love the experimentation.

A battle royale between three products all using Heaven Hill's bourbon rye mash bill. But each of these whiskeys is a different age, was stored differently, and have very different price points. I'll give my blind tasting results and we'll find out if I agree with your votes.

Going between the island of Japan and the Isle of Jura.

Trying out two Tennessee Sour Mash whiskies with the same corn heavy mash bill, both from Tullahoma, Tennessee and Cascade Hollow Distillery.