Macallan Turned 200 & I Was King of Scotland

Yours truly found himself at the Macallan 200th anniversary party–and I have been to some big to-do whiskey releases, but this was the first one that ever felt like a movie premiere. I got to sample the junior half of the Time: Space confusingly doubly named release (and the truly luxe edition itself containing two … Read more

The Best Single Malt Scotches To Try In 2023

Tasting Table tasked me with Talisker and other single malt scotch whiskies to recommend if you haven’t had them. I can’t lie to you: these tend to get expensive, so I tried to lump some normally priced bottles in there either under their own entries or piggybacking on others. I’m told that Burns Suppers go … Read more

One Elegant Night With Esquire & Glenfiddich

The HearstMade folks asked me to guide you through the differences in the various Glenfiddich gran/d/e series for Esquire, as barrels from different quarters of the world give their increasingly aged and expensive scotch whiskies new aspects that, quite frankly, you and I would have to splurge to enjoy. I got a very nice sampling … Read more

Bet You Can’t Name a More Exciting Distiller Than Bruichladdich

Esquire asked me if I wanted to get hyped up about Bruichladdich. I told them you can’t hype up what’s already hyped, because Bruichladdich is my favorite label out of Scotland. (Yes, yes, I know, you’re thinking Lagavulin is a finer product, but I’m telling you what I adore as an entity.) It was an … Read more