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Felix assouline cigars ego ocean blue "monsoon" (toro) - cigar review by kaplowitz
Kaplowitz - yesterday
"Have you Kaplowitz'd to-day?"Felix Assouline EGO Ocean BlueWRAPPER: Nicaraguan Habano 98BINDER: NicaraguanFILLER: NicaraguanFORMAT: Toro "Monsoon"ORIGIN: NicaraguaSTRENGTH: Medium-FullNOTES: Hit ...read more
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Cigar news: the archetype mini-series from ventura cigars now shipping
Cigar smoke - yesterday
THE ARCHETYPE MINI-SERIES FROM VENTURA CIGARS NOW SHIPPING     HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER CIGARS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT TOBACCONISTS AROUND THE US.   Ventura Cigars is pleased to announce that t ...read more
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Cigar review: nomad fin de los mundos robusto
Cigar coop - yesterday
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Fred Rewey and Nomad Cigar Company showcased three cigar lines that would come out of James Brown’s Fabrica Oveja Negra operation. At the time, the cigars were intr ...read more
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Davidoff puro dominicano belicoso returning for vault series
Half wheel - 2 days ago
One of Davidoff’s 2009 limited editions is returning to the market as part of the company’s ever-expanding Vault Series. The Davidoff Puro Dominicano Belicoso is a 5 3/4 x 48 belicoso orig ...read more
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Fuente opus x… and hublot!
C.gars ltd - 2 days ago
No travel zone for me this week as my G.M. Michelle is on vacation so it’s rather relaxing 4 hour days in the office with some serious cigar sampling activity and not much else ☺ … thou ...read more
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Massive private whisky collection turned into a museum
The whiskey wash - 2 days ago
The Unseen Valentino Zagatti Collection, a massive, private hoard of over 3,000 whiskies, is the focus point of a new, open only by appointment museum located in the Netherlands. The post Massive Priv ...read more
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Cigar news: fda updates unified regulatory agenda in regards to premium cigars and flavored tobacco
Cigar coop - yesterday
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its Unified Regulatory Agenda on two areas that are of interest to premium cigar enthusiasts: if/how premium cigars should be regulated and if/h ...read more
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Cigar news: archetype mini-series heads to retailers
Cigar coop - 2 days ago
The Archetype Mini-Series, a three-cigar trilogy that had a launch from Ventura Cigar Company at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, is now heading to retailers. The trilogy consists of three blends: Crystals, ...read more
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Fda hints at flavored cigar ban
Half wheel - 2 days ago
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Cigar news: davidoff puro dominicano 2009 returns as next vault series release
Cigar coop - 2 days ago
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Territory sales executive, india – we are diageo – scotch whisky news
Whisky intelligence - yesterday
Territory Sales Executive, India – We Are Diageo Meet Diageo’s Territory Sales Executive at Diageo India, Vittal Reddy. Vittal talks about his experiences working for Diageo and describes ...read more
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Glenturret 30 yo douglas laing xop at milroys of soho – scotch whisky news
Whisky intelligence - yesterday
Glenturret 30 Year Old Douglas Laing XOP Exceptionally old example of Glenturret, a distillery not often seen as a single malt. Nose: Warm brown bread with salted butter and thick honey plus green app ...read more
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Lindores abbey, the spiritual home of scotch whisky
Whisky girl - yesterday
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First ever crowd funded whisky cask – scotch whisky news
Whisky intelligence - 3 days ago
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Cigar news: the archetype mini-series from ventura cigars now shipping
Cigar smoke - yesterday
THE ARCHETYPE MINI-SERIES FROM VENTURA CIGARS NOW SHIPPING     HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER CIGARS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT TOBACCONISTS AROUND THE US.   Ventura Cigars is pleased to announce that t ...read more
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Davidoff puro dominicano belicoso returning for vault series
Half wheel - 2 days ago
One of Davidoff’s 2009 limited editions is returning to the market as part of the company’s ever-expanding Vault Series. The Davidoff Puro Dominicano Belicoso is a 5 3/4 x 48 belicoso orig ...read more
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Fuente opus x… and hublot!
C.gars ltd - 2 days ago
No travel zone for me this week as my G.M. Michelle is on vacation so it’s rather relaxing 4 hour days in the office with some serious cigar sampling activity and not much else ☺ … thou ...read more
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Navazos palazzi spanish grain whisky, july 2014 release
Diving for pearls - 2 days ago
The only things I know about this whisky and its mate — which will be reviewed next — are courtesy of Sku's post from 2015. Thus not only do these whiskies come to the blog via Steve, ...read more
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Balblair 1969
The whisky saga - 3 days ago
Balblair 1969, 43 YO, 41.4 % This is the Balblair 1969 Vintage, 1st release. It was distilled in 1969, obviously, and bottled in 2012. A limited run of 999 bottles. It was matured in American oak ex-b ...read more
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Cigar review: curivari seleccion privada coronation corona
The stogie guys - 3 days ago
Last month my colleague wrote an article that (among other things) sought input on what cigars our readers would like to see us review. I was somewhat surprised by one comment that noted we’ve o ...read more
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whiskey men — from booze to banking
Those pre-pro whiskey men - 3 days ago
Foreword:  The numbers of distillers, liquor wholesalers and saloonkeepers who turned to banking sometime during their careers is legion.  But it should not be too surprising.  Selling ...read more
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Limited edition jim beam® repeal batch offers a taste of post-prohibition style bourbon – amer
Whisky intelligence - yesterday
LIMITED EDITION JIM BEAM® REPEAL BATCH OFFERS A TASTE OF POST-PROHIBITION STYLE BOURBON Inspired by James B. Beam’s bourbon in the late 1930s, the non-chill filtered bourbon and limited-edition ...read more
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Royal salute unveils limited edition 21 year old beach polo edition
Whisky girl - yesterday
The ‘King of Whisky’ Royal Salute, continues to celebrate the harmony between the Sport of Kings and exceptional Scotch whisky, this month unveiling the latest in its annual Polo Collectio ...read more
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The macallan turns rare cask edition into a more regularly scheduled offering
The whiskey wash - 2 days ago
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Royal salute 21yo beach polo edition
Edinburgh whisky blog - 3 days ago
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Review: bowmore 27 years old port cask
Drink hacker - 3 days ago
A trilogy is complete at last: Bowmore’s Single Malt Scotch Whisky Vintner’s Trilogy has found its third member, Bowmore 27 Year Old Port Cask. This expression joins Bowmore 18 Year Old Do ...read more
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Tobermory 12 years old 2005 fino cask finish (55.1%, ob, 1710 bottles, 2018)
The whiskyphiles - 3 days ago
Tobermory 12 Years Old 2005 Fino Cask Finish whisky review: Not overly complex but lots of pleasant flavours, definitely sweeter and darker fruits than I would have normally expected from Fino sherry ...read more
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The glenfiddich cask collection: reserve cask (travel retail)
For whiskey lovers - 3 days ago
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The glenfiddich cask collection: reserve cask (travel retail)
The malt impostor - 3 days ago
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Bombay canadian club – gooderham and worts four grains (take two!)
The whisky lady - yesterday
This wasn’t my 1st brush with Corby’s reconstruction of an old time Canadian blend which had a checkered past of being sold from Ontario to Quebec and smuggled back to meet the demand duri ...read more
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Bombay canadian club – jp wiser’s 18 year 40%
The whisky lady - yesterday
Ah…Canada and Canadian whiskies… Time to shift from blends to a single grain… In our case, aged for a most respectable 18 years… Welcome to our experience with J.P. Wiser’ ...read more
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The party source “make your mark”– american whiskey news
Whisky intelligence - yesterday
October is the perfect month for Bourbon lovers and we have a great selection of Bourbons sure to keep you warm this fall season. Keep your calendars open as we have a couple of special releases, some ...read more
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The whisky show old & rare 2019 – whisky news
Whisky intelligence - yesterday
23-24 February 2019 Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow MORE EXHIBITORS CONFIRMED… Now that The Whisky Show in London is done and dusted, we’re looking forward to 2019 with The Whisky Show: Old & ...read more
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Cadenhead’s glenrothes-glenlivet 1996
Malt review - yesterday
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Should whisky brands be doing more to encourage our loyalty, or indeed our disloyalty?
Great drams - yesterday
We all try very many whiskies, some more than others, but all more than we previously did. Some see whisky brand monogamy as something insignificant and not even on their radar. Others are fiercely lo ...read more
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Whiskey review: booker’s batch 2018-01 “kathleen’s batch”
The whiskey wash - yesterday
We review Booker's Batch 2018-01 "Kathleen's Batch", a monster of a bourbon at 127.4 proof that's named in honor of a top female employee from the Jim Beam distillery. The post Whiskey Review: Booker& ...read more
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Camp camacho tour 2018
Cigar dojo - yesterday
In August of this year, Cigar Dojo headed to Tegucigalpa—the capital of Honduras—meeting with a small group from Camacho Cigars and making the two-hour trip east to Danlí. The idea was to ...read more
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Tomintoul reveals 45-year-old
Whisky critic - 2 days ago
Tomintoul has unveiled Tomintoul Vintage 1973 – a 45-Year-Old double wood-matured single malt Scotch whisky – but you will need to be lucky to get one of the bottles and you will need plen ...read more
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An all-ipa brewchat with dick cantwell, author of brewing eclectic ipa
Booze dancing - 2 days ago
For those of you that aren’t familiar with Dick Cantwell, author of the IPA-centric book shown above, here are a few facts about his experiences in the ever expanding and ever evolving Craft Bee ...read more
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The john walker masters' edition: the first 50 year old scotch whisky in the history of johnnie walk
Just malt - 2 days ago
The John Walker Masters' Edition is an elegant and triple-matured Scotch whisky that has been crafted from six exceptionally rare whiskies, each aged for a minimum of 50 years. The whiskies in the T ...read more
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Tomatin grows stateside
The whiskyphiles - 2 days ago
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The glendronach, benriach and glanglassaugh distillery manager inducted as keeper of the quaich
The whiskyphiles - 2 days ago
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A royal visit to royal lochnagar
The whiskyphiles - 2 days ago
HRH THE PRINCE CHARLES, DUKE OF ROTHESAY, VISITS ROYAL LOCHNAGAR DISTILLERY TO BE PRESENTED WITH GIFTED CASK OF 30-YEAR-OLD SCOTCH WHISKY HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, visited Royal Lochna ...read more
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Mithcher’s small batch bourbon sazerac cocktail
The whisky lady - 2 days ago
After sampling Mitcher’s Small Batch Bourbon solo, we had a change to try it in a different avatar – an exceedingly good Sazerac… so good that a few even had a repeat! Mitcher’ ...read more
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The winners of the vip benriach trips are…
Master of malt - 2 days ago
We’ve got winners to announce for our BenRiach competition. These lucky folks will be heading up to the heart of Speyside to see where how the BenRiach brilliance happens in person! It’s t ...read more
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Navazos palazzi spanish grain whisky, july 2014 release
Diving for pearls - 2 days ago
The only things I know about this whisky and its mate — which will be reviewed next — are courtesy of Sku's post from 2015. Thus not only do these whiskies come to the blog via Steve, ...read more
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Warming tipples for autumn evenings!
Master of malt - 2 days ago
Join us as well celebrate all things autumn with a round-up of sensational seasonal spirits! Autumn is a season loved by many. It’s all about comfort food and drink. It’s a chance to make ...read more
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Balblair 1969
The whisky saga - 3 days ago
Balblair 1969, 43 YO, 41.4 % This is the Balblair 1969 Vintage, 1st release. It was distilled in 1969, obviously, and bottled in 2012. A limited run of 999 bottles. It was matured in American oak ex-b ...read more
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Cigar review: curivari seleccion privada coronation corona
The stogie guys - 3 days ago
Last month my colleague wrote an article that (among other things) sought input on what cigars our readers would like to see us review. I was somewhat surprised by one comment that noted we’ve o ...read more
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Kaplowitz media: odds & ends at the ides (oct.)
Kaplowitz - 3 days ago
"Have you Kaplowitz'd to-day?"Odds & Ends at the Ides. Think of it as a State of the Blog | Podcast Address. I sometimes do. I also think of it as a great way to stay aboob of blog and podcas ...read more
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In pictures: the unseen valentino zagatti collection
Words of whisky - 3 days ago
If you follow me at all on social media, it would be impossible for you to have missed that I interviewed Italian whisky collector Valentino Zagatti last week. I've written a few articles elsewhere on ...read more
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Bruichladdich tasting at the whisky shop #sfo saturday, october 20th – scotch whisky news
Whisky intelligence - 3 days ago
Saturday, October 20th, 12-3PM: Bruichladdich Trickle Distilled from 100% scottish barley, Bruichladdich distillery’s methods date back to the 19th century – including some of the original ...read more
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Famed street artist felipe pantone partners with ballantine’s for true music series – sc
Whisky intelligence - 3 days ago
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Welcome to the glenrothes soleo collection – scotch whisky news
Whisky intelligence - 3 days ago
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Just whisky auction live – amazing selection of whisky – whisky news
Whisky intelligence - 3 days ago
Just Whisky Auction Live – Amazing Selection of Whisky  Just Whisky are delighted and rather excited to be live with their 59th auction, with a vast array of bottles for your collection, for a w ...read more
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Highland park magnus
Malt review - 3 days ago
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One-of-kind humidor from adorini
Cigar dojo - 3 days ago
We have seen a lot of fancy humidors but this one from Adorini might just take the cake. Not only could you safely store 1,000 cigars in it but you could also keep other valuables safe in this one-of- ...read more
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Cigar news: davidoff cigars – discover gifts from the four corners of the world
Cigar smoke - 3 days ago
Davidoff Cigars – Discover Gifts from the Four Corners of the World     Basel, October 2018. This holiday season, Davidoff invites aficionados to share its passion for new and original ...read more
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Davidoff adds gran torpedo for discovery pillar
Half wheel - 3 days ago
Davidoff’s Escurio, Nicaragua and Yamasá blends will be receiving a new size in the form of a 4 x 56 Gran Torpedo size. The company announced that it will add the vitolas as part of its holiday ...read more
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Nashville’s pennington distillery celebrates milestone with free harvest party
Straight up 615 - 3 days ago
Pennington Distilling's 2nd Annual Hardest Harvest Party Marks Nashville's First Bottled in Bond Bourbon Release ...read more
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