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Archive for December, 2011

High West Rocky Mountain Rye 21 yr old

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Tweet After my second or third Whiskeyfest, the event took on a new dimension.  It actually became a social event – I would see acquaintances that I had not seen or touched base with since the last Whiskeyfest.  After skipping the 2010 Whiskeyfest, the same phenomenon renewed itself this past November – within 10 minutes [...]

Drambuie 15

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Tweet Time to write about something else I tried at Whiskeyfest NY 2011. I’ve been a fan of Drambuie for longer than I care to admit.  It’s a sweet, syrupy, Scotch whiskey based liqueur.  The sweetness clearly comes from honey, which is counterbalanced by cloves, saffron and other herbs and spices.  I enjoy this stuff [...]