I’ve learned an awful lot about scotch since I started this site a few years back and I can honestly say that I had never heard of the Orkney region of Scotland, let alone try a scotch from that particular part of the country. Orkney is an archipelago off the northern tip off Scotland [...]

It’s that time of year again, and no I don’t mean tax prep season. No I just received my annual invitation to the Aleppo Smoker at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA. If you like a good cigar, then I strongly recommend you attend. The swag and meal alone are enough to [...]

Last night, my wife brought home a bottle of Sebeka Shiraz (2006). Sebeka Wines is a South African company and this particular wine comes from the Swartland region of South Africa; in the general area surrounding Cape Town.
I’m a sucker for a nicely presented bottle of wine and while I didn’t personally [...]

One of the selling features of the Keurig brewers is the ease with which you can shift gears and move from one type (or flavor) of coffee to another. When it comes to flavored coffees, I tend to stick to the tried and true French Vanilla and Hazelnut varieties and typically only in the [...]

Oban was the first single malt scotch I ever tried and for this it will always occupy a special place in my heart. That first sip of single malt goodness was many years ago and since that fateful first sip I have made it a point to never buy the same scotch twice. [...]