Spokane Whiskey Club

Pics from our annual Christmas Party. Great selection, great friends, great food.

Merry Christmas my people!

Another meeting, another dram, another...I can't think of anything else.

Cheers from the SWC!

Shared the old Chivas Regal link last time because I am careless with the internet.

Here is the correct CR 18 review with the previously mentioned topics.

Chivas Regal 18 Years Old Review It happens to all of us. Don’t feel alone. About 6 months into a whisky hobby (an obsession, if you will), you feel like you have a decent handle on what’s in your glass. You understand…

My thoughts on home blending, being stupid, and Chivas Regal 18.

Click on the link and live, son. Live.

Chivas Regal 18 Year Old Gold Signature Review Scotch blends tend to get less credit than they deserve. In fact, any zealous disciple in the Church of the Single Malt wouldn’t be caught dead with his lips to a glass of blended Scotch. One of th…

Pure sherried luxury. But enough about Jim.

Here's a review of the incredible Glendronach 15 Revival.

GlenDronach 15 Years Old Revival Review Revival. Like at a Baptist revival tent, but not really. I am trying to come up with a provocative intro, and it is not working. What else is new? But seriously, GlenDronach is a significant Scotch…

Expectations go way up in the 18 year old Scotch world. When people pay more for these, they expect something of value in return. Here are our thoughts on one such 18 from Glenfiddich.

Glenfiddich 18 Years Old Review When we tasted a flight of Glenfiddich whiskies blind for a meeting this summer, somewhat surprisingly, the 18 came out on top. I am normally a bigger fan of the 15, but because blind tastings are …

Long standing favorite of mine, the elegant Glenfiddich 15. Great availability and price, as Scotch goes.

Click away, click it now, click it real good.

Glenfiddich 15 Years Old Review The blind taste test continues to show its worth with today’s selection: Glenfiddich 15, the bigger brother of the 12 reviewed a few days ago on this very blog. In that previous review I opin…

In which I rag on a whisky you may hold dear. In which case you should know that I am sorry. Except to say that I am not.

Glenfiddich 12 Years Old Review With blind tasting comes boldness, boldness to disavow everything you thought you knew, or perhaps confirmation of the few precious truths you hold dear. What I mean is that if you hate a whisky wh…

Strolling through my local Total Wine and I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the Canadian whisky selection.

Or both.

While the temptation of lowering both ABV and age would appeal to a distiller producer, Glenmorangie instead added an additional 2 years to their Quinta Ruban selection and upped ABV to 46%.

Standing ovation! Our thoughts here.

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Years Old Review One of the challenges of long term whisky enjoyment is the trajectory of one’s ever changing palate. The goal of any whisky freak from day one is frequently adding varied sensory input in ord…