By dandyman on Apr 7, 2008 in Drink, Featured, Reviews | 0 Comments
The Dalmore Distillery was established in 1839 by a man named Alexander Matheson and is located in Alness, Scotland. Unfortunately, their web site is currently going through an update and their Wikipedia page is a little short on details. The distillery is located in northern Scotland and thus the moniker “Single Highland Malt”. The packaging is quite simple with a 750ml bottle adorned by the signature 12 point buck on the bottle and traditional style label.
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By dandyman on Mar 13, 2008 in Featured, Legislation | 1 Comment
The official motto of the state of New Hampshire is “Live Free or Die” and while I’ve heard many jokes and jabs directed at the seriousness of that motto I’m relieved to see that it hasn’t been forgotten by the men and women in the legislature. On March 5th, the house passed an amendment to the 2007 Indoor Smoking Act that would provide an exemption for cigar bars.
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By dandyman on Mar 11, 2008 in Cigar, Events, Featured | 0 Comments
Every year the Aleppo Shriners host a cigar night at their temple in Wilmington, MA. Like all Shriner events, all of the proceeds from the event go to charity like the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children. This past Friday, I was finally able to attend one of these cigar nights and after the time I had, I don’t think I’ll miss another one. It was a fun filled evening full of food, fun, whisky, and of course cigars.
By dandyman on Feb 5, 2008 in Cigar, Featured, Reviews | 2 Comments
My first La Aroma de Cuba was given to me by a coworker nearly a year ago and since that day, I’ve smoke quite a few more. As soon as I came up with the idea to launch Oak and Smoke, I was determined to make the La Aroma de Cuba my first official cigar review. I originally intended to take some pictures for this review, but found myself without a camera when the occasion to smoke my final stick came. That really was an unfortunate turn of events for reasons I’ll get to in a moment, but first on to the review.
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By dandyman on Jan 25, 2008 in Drink, Featured, Reviews | 0 Comments
This past Christmas, my wonderful wife bought me a bottle of Balvenie DoubleWood. DoubleWood is a 12 year old single malt Scotch whisky that is matured in two distinct casks throughout the life of its maturation process. It starts its journey from malt to whisky in a traditional American oak bourbon whisky cask and is then transferred to a Spanish oak cask that has been previously used to age sherry. The traditional whisky cask makes sure the DoubleWood grows up to be a fine, upstanding Scotch, while the sherry cask acts as a finishing school designed to add depth and character.
