Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Glen Garioch Single Malt






















Price: $59.95 (750 ml)

Location of Distillery: Oldmeldrum Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Arthur's Review
  • Overall Rating: 5
  • Smokiness: 4
  • Sweetness: 8
  • Definitely is alcohol. Similar to a strong beer but distilled. Sweet. I do not enjoy the mouthfeel. Notable fire, burn, and nail varnish remover.  
Will's Review
  • Overall Rating: 6 
  • Smokiness: 4
  • Sweetness: 7
  • Doesn't smell too specific... sweet, some acetone, almond. The taste is more interesting - smoky, rubber, cereal. Fairly tame overall. I wouldn't go and buy it.
Max's Review
  • Overall Rating: 6
  • Smokiness: 5
  • Sweetness: 4
  • Not too sweet, not too smokey, not really much of anything notable
  • A little shallow and pedantic if you ask me, with the taste of stewed apples, bog myrtle, and lawn clippings 
Steve's Review
  • Overall Rating: 6.5
  • Smokiness: 2
  • Sweetness: 3
  • Pretty soft, and bit watery. The predominate flavour is scotch. OK but there are better scotches for the same price. Not smoky enough I suppose.
Random Category - What animated series does the scotch most seem like?

Arthur - The Animatrix. When there is a big battle and no one wins.
Will - American Dad. I'm sure a lot of people like it but its just not for me.
Max - Family Guy.
Steve - Last few seasons of the simpsons. Its okay but not amazing and memorable like the old stuff.

Thursday, 9 April 2015

Dun Bheagan 2009 Limited Edition






















Price: $51.85 (750 ml)

Location of Distillery: Islay, Scotland

Quentin's Review
  • Overall Rating: 7
  • Smokiness: 8 
  • Sweetness: 7.5
  • Freshly chainsawed pine on a moderately hot summer day.  Hint of cherry.  Smell of wine gums after opening a fresh bag.  
Steve's Review
  • Overall Rating: 8 
  • Smokiness: 8 
  • Sweetness: 6
  • Playful and mysterious.
Will's Review
  • Overall Rating: 8
  • Smokiness: 7
  • Sweetness:6
  • Smells like LaPhroig on first whiff. Honey, vanilla, smokier than Snoop's house. Quite a nice finish. I would definitely keep this one stocked at all times if I had the money. Potato, cigar box, fatty.
Max's Review
  • Overall Rating: 7
  • Smokiness: 7
  • Sweetness: 5.5
  • Strong mesquite flavour that reminds me of BBQs, good amounts of sweetness, slight medicinal/soapy after taste
  • Real medieval feel to the scotch
Random Category - What facial hair should you have while drinking this scotch?

Quentin - Charles Darwin
Max - The Viking
Steve - The Ernest Hemingway
Will - Rasputin

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

White Horse Scotch Whisky






















Price: $??? (750 ml)

Location of Distillery: Glasgow, Scotland

Steve's Review
  • Overall Rating: 2
  • Smokiness: 2
  • Sweetness:3
  • Tastes like a really old garden hose left in the sun too long. Hard to rate since I think I can feel my taste buds dying. If gasoline could become rotten it might smell this. I guess its still scotch....sugary scotch.
Will's Review
  • Overall Rating: 3
  • Smokiness: 4
  • Sweetness:7
  • The smell has a hint of lemon and is rubbery sweet. The kind of rubber you'd smell when you slice into a golf ball and sniff that strange core material inside. The taste is... off. We are guessing it's been in the bottle too long because it's a bit musty. Slightly spicy. Like finding an old sandwich in the bottom of your backpack.
Max's Review
  • Overall Rating: 2
  • Smokiness: 2
  • Sweetness: 8
  • Smells like a rotting car tire, with a slight sickly sweet lingering smell
  • The taste will make you shutter. Moonshine is the closest thing I can compare this to, although it does remind me of sickly sweet lemonade mixed with bleach
Random Category - What part of a car does this remind you of?

Max - The oil filter after 400,000km and has never been changed
Steve - A coolant hose thats come loose and fallen onto some part of the exhaust and is now melting and why faint white smoke and that burning smell are coming through the air vents after the car has been running for more than a few minutes.
Will - The tailpipe. It does a job but is dirty, crusty, and smells like tailpipe.