Whisky that hails from Scotland and is aged a minimum of three years. Single malt, grain whisky, or blended, it doesn’t matter. Scotland is known for producing some of the best whisky in the world, and we’re here to try it. Follow along and test out some of our favorites like Aberlour, Johnnie Walker, and more.
We are continuing our mission to review all of the Johnnie Walker Labels with the goal of doing a blind taste test at the end to determine which is the best Johnnie Walker. After reviewing Red, Black, Double Black, and Green, we are now at Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve. Following this review, we’ll have…
I’ve previously reviewed Johnnie Walker Red, Black, and Double Black, so now it’s time to move on the a review of Johnnie Walker Green Label. My goal is to review the whole series and have a blind tasting to figure out which is best. However, that takes quite a little money, so we’ll get to…
A while back we reviewed Johnnie Walker Black vs Red, but we decided that the worlds most popular scotch needed more coverage. So, we figured we’d just move down the line and compare Johnnie Walker Black vs Double Black. It’s been over a year since I’ve had JW Black, so I’m excited to see if…
Just the other day I did a review of Ardbeg Wee Beastie, so today we are going to review Ardbeg An Oa and compare it to Ardbeg 10 and Wee Beastie. I’ve already written multiple reviews, linked above, of Ardbeg. I’ve discussed the history of the distillery, basics of Islay Scotch and peat, as well…
A while back, I did a comparison between Ardbeg vs Laphroaig. I was very new to Islay Scotch, and, frankly, I didn’t like either. I thought they tasted like dip spit, seaweed, and dead fish. Of course, the Islay fanboys didn’t like that. While it grew on me a little bit, it was a look…
Glen, a popular term in the world of scotch. Glenfiddich and Glenlivet, Glen Ness, Glen Grant, Glenmorangie, Glen Moray, Glen Fohdry, and countless others are names of various scotch whiskies. Glen is a Gaelic word for ‘valley’, and since there are many hills in Scotland, there are many valleys, too. So, Glen Fohdry comes to…
Recently, I’ve been trying new scotch whisky to expand my palate and knowledge. Mostly, I was trying Islay scotch, like Laphroaig and Ardbeg, and some blended options, too. However, I’m back to do a review on a whisky from my favorite region of Scotland, Speyside. Today, we’re discussing Shieldaig 12 Year Single Malt. In this…
Here at Barrel and Brew, we have a love-hate relationship with Scotch. There are some we really like and some that we just really don’t. We haven’t quite acquired a taste for Islay/peated scotch, such as Laphroaig or Ardbeg, but we do tend to like Highland and Speyside whiskies. So, in this review we are…
While we usually write single reviews here at Barrel and Brew, we occasionally have some head to head battles. Some spirits sport many similarities that they often compete with each other in a much stronger way than usual – much like rivalries we see in sports. For example, we have compared Tito’s and Ketel One,…
Scotch is an interesting category of whiskey, for me. There’s very few bottles that I love, most I find to be average or just ‘meh’, and very few I really dislike. Aberlour 12 is definitely one of the bottles I love, so I recommend you check that one out. However, I must admit that my…
Before I get into all the details of Dewar’s Ilegal Smooth, let me tell you how I got here. I was in college and I had just begun to drink some “finer” spirits. That’s not really saying much as I was just turning away from flavored vodka like Svedka or Smirnoff. I had let my…
Johnnie Walker White Walker is a limited edition blended scotch whisky dedicated to the TV show Game of Thrones (GoT). If you haven’t seen GoT, you likely know someone who has. It ran from 2011-2019, and it’s one of the most popular TV shows to ever air. However, it caused a lot of fans to…