Episode 11 - W.L. Weller Special Reserve Bourbon

Hi everyone,

In this episode, we investigate the W.L. Weller Bourbon.  Made at the Buffalo Trace Distillery, it shares the same great heritage as Buffalo Trace of course, but also more expensive whiskeys made at the same site - most notably, the legendary Pappy van Winkle Bourbon which sells for hundreds of dollars per bottle, assuming you can find it.

Our goal is to find real value in whiskey so that you can enjoy the best without having to be a Wall Street Wolf with unlimited funds. In this case, we think we have really succeeded.  You can learn more at the Buffalo Trace website or better yet, we recommended the minute you find it at your local liquor store, you buy two bottles (at least), bring em home, and try it for yourself.  Yes - its that smooth and that good.

Enjoy in good health, drive safely, and we will see you next time at the RGGTW.

Cheers!

Episode 10 - Glenfarclas 12 Year scotch Whisky

Hey everyone,

Thanks for visiting us again here at the RGGTW blog - yes, we have our own trademarked 5 letter acronym now, and we are so proud!  Perhaps someday we will come up with a cool logo and start selling t-shirts.  Or perhaps not...

This go-around we are checking out the Glenfarclas 12 year old Scotch.  Lance picked this up on sale recently so that we could check it out here on the blog.  We had never heard of it before but hey, we are always willing to check out new stuff so we decided to fire it up. 

Turns out that this is still an independent, family run distillery in Scotland.  Cool!  These days, so many distilleries and wineries are owned by mega-corps that it is refreshing to come across an independent company making a go of it.  We tasted one of their whiskys near the low-end of their offerings, the 12-year single malt,  It is finished in sherry casks, as is the tendency at many distilleries these days. 

On their website, they mention that they 12 year Scotch is "Bottled for export and travel retail markets". This means that they are either saving the best for themselves in the UK or they are sending us their best stuff.

Watch our review video here and you will get a pretty good idea which we think it is. Slainte!

Episode 9 - Balvenie Doublewood 12-year Single Malt Scotch

Hello again everyone!

We are back with an all new episode!  this go-around, we feature the Balvenie Doublewood 12-year single malt scotch.  It's widely available and at a reasonable price point, though slightly more than we usually feature on this blog.  It's one of those consistent, great scotches that represents a solid value and we hope you enjoy our review.

This time, the camera behaved itself, there was no operator-error and lo and behold, we think we have an informative and entertaining review for your viewing pleasure.  To all of our whisky friends out there... Salut!

Jeff and Lance - aka the regular Whiskey Blog Guys

Episode 4 - Grand MacNish 12 Year Old Scotch

Greetings fellow partakers of all things Whiskey!

Once again we are back at the table, this time investigating the value of the Grand Macnish 12 Year Scotch. The Grand Macnish 12 Year Old blended Scotch is aged in Bourbon and Sherry casks. Best of all, it is priced below competitive 12 year Blended Scotches - and that is exactly the sort of thing the two cheapskates here at The Regular Guy's Guide to Whiskey are looking for!

Jeff and I both liked the Grand Macnish, as you will see in the video below. After doing a little internet research on this baby, we discovered we are not the only ones as it was a Silver Medal Winner at the International Review of Spirits in 2013 and a Silver Medal Winner at the International Spirits Challenge in 2013. So all those taste buds can't be wrong!

Salut!