The 2019 3DC Gift-giving Guide for whiskies geeks
Raz’s recommendations for 2019:
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Miscellany
Miscellaneous posts which don’t fit any other defined category.
Decant the rest: The 2019 3DC Gift-giving Guide for whiskies geeks
Happy Birthday Godfather
It was Randy/Raz’s birthday, so I baked him a cake, and of course there was whisky in it. I know Orangire paires well with chocolate, so I set out to make a cake with the same flavor profile. It came out rather pretty, and very tasty, so I thought I’d share the process, since the…
Tasting Notes – Bruchladdich 16, Bourbon Cask and Highland Chief.
Tuesday night Raz and I went to a local saloon (Johnny’s in Huntington Beach, CA) for a nightcap and had a rather surprising experience. As we usually do at Johnny’s, we ordered drams of something new – or at least something from bottles we didn’t recognize. (Johnny’s is rather dark, and though they have a…
2012 Non-Whiskey Gift List
Tradition dictates that sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving the 3DC publishes a list of non-whiskey gifts for the whiskey enthusiast. This year I hit the search engines to find some obvious, and some new treasures to possibly delight the whiskey lover on your “nice” list. (If they are on your “naughty” list, get them some…
Autumn Whiskies G+ Hangout on Air
Decant the rest: Autumn Whiskies G+ Hangout on AirReview: Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt (Shackleton’s Replica)
This is probably the single dram I have ever actually looked forward to. Most drams I am simply pleasantly surprised to find out they exist, but this one… this one has been on my radar since it was announced after the Shackleton expedition find hit the news sites. Imagine, a replica whisky built off of…
Barrel Aged Manhattan Cocktail- aka “The Manhattan Project”
Generally, the 3DC don’t speak much about cocktails and rather prefer to imbibe in the dram straight, neat of course. But there are indeed cocktails we enjoy, one of them being the traditional Manhattan. So what to do once your 2 liter barrel has aged two runs of whitedog whiskies and is essentially spent when…
Big Bottom Whiskey’s Tasting Room Grand Opening
It’s no secret; I’m a fan of Big Bottom Whiskey. This past Saturday, both Jean and I had another opportunity to join in and help bottle up more of the batch 3 Port finish, and get the Wild Bill warehouse series dram in the new bottles as well. As always, we had a fabulous time…
A new “Age your own” experiment: 100% Malted Barely whiskey
Last year, I tried Woodinville’s Age Your Own Kit with slightly disappointing results. Once I bottled up that run, I was determined to find a white dog whiskey that would more closely match my palate, as I’m not a huge fan of corn mash based bourbons. It will likely come as no surprise that Raz,…
PDX Whisky tasting notes from 4-06-2012
Last Friday evening was another gathering of the PDXWhisky group, hosted again by the incomparable Ian Itschner. As we’ve come to expect, Ian outdid himself yet again with the ‘light meal’ he provides, this time opting to produce 20 or so individual Guinness meat pies, and even adjusting the recipe for the vegetarians in the…
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