Blogwatch: Dr Whisky

My mention of good malt whisky in my last post put me in mind of a link I was sent the other week. My Belfast-based pal Ed Ashby - as part of his quite blatant and deliberately evil scheme to give me far more good stuff to read than I could possibly have time for - sent me a link to the blog of a certain Dr Whisky.

This chap - a stout fellow by the name of Sam Simmons - has made it his mission, since the turn of the year, to sample every single one of the bottles in his quite considerably well-stocked liquor cabinet and then report back with tasting notes, thoughts, musings and recommendations for further research, should his audience feel the urge (and who wouldn't..?)

As I type this, he's up to week #8 and bottle #40, with another fortnight's worth to go (apparently someone at the Royal Mile Whisky shop in Edinburgh - well worth a visit, take it from me - spotted his blog and started sending him sample bottles to write about). Ten weeks of drinking whisky twice a day, every weekday, and all to keep his blog readers updated, informed and never more than semi-sober? Now that's what I call dedication to duty! (It's a dirty job, etc.)

But seriously, his tasting notes are well thought-out and readable, without being too heavy on the purple prose descriptions. Furthermore, the good Doctor is also providing a potted history of each single malt or blend he samples, and on the weekends is providing longer essay-style pieces about the history of the whisky industry in Scotland and other relevant topics. Plus he has a good selection of links out to fellow whisky bloggers, whisky shops and whisky lore and know-how.

And he said nice things about the Bunnahabhain 12 y.o. (pictured above-right), which is my personal favourite drinking whisky (as opposed to sipping whisky or slurping whisky, and definitely as opposed to mixing whisky).

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