The names of distilleries, the contours or the labelling on their bottlings aren’t always flashy marketing gimmicks, nor trivial unthought design consequences that give an expression its mark or identity. Many of these distilleries are over two centuries old, strongly entwined with history and the culture of the land. One example and the subject of…
Month: May 2026
Review : Grand Old Parr 12 YO
A bottle that got me almost nostalgic! This not because I’ve had the Old Parr before, in fact I had never heard of it and was surprised to see such an expression. The real reason was because the bottle drew several parallels with the wildly famous Old Monk (see below), a dark rum that garnered…
Review : Laphroaig 12 Years
It was a cold yet moist laiden day at the beach, the sound of waves crashing against the ocean floor only to be overwhelmed by crackling sounds as the large bonfire puffed thick black smoke into the vast darkness. Warmth began to crawl its way closer, as burning embers and hot charcoal grew brighter. A fusion…
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