Today, let’s talk about what I think might be the most overrated whisky on the planet Earth.
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Look: I couldn’t not try it. If you’ve ever pined for a spirit that tastes like condiments, this is for you.
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Remember how Lucy would always yank the football away from Charlie Brown before he kicked it? The Glenmorangie X is exactly that in liquid form.
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The Connemara 12 is just about one of the only peated Irish whiskeys available on the market. If you want to know why there aren’t more, you could blow $55 and take a sip of this stuff.
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I certainly don’t want to be an asshole when it comes to appraising a small business trying to do something new. As you’ll see in this review, squaring that circle can be a real challenge.
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Maybe just about the worst whiskey you could buy. I argue it’s so bad, it’s actually instructive of what makes a bad whiskey in general.
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Being basic should be easy as we head into the season of pumpkin spice everything, but Captain Morgan turns it into challenging work.
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I thought I could handle it, I really did. In this review, I climb back on an old horse older and wiser only to be thrown off once again.
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Not only does this stuff flat-out suck, it absolutely strains the limits of credulity to call itself Japanese whisky for reasons I can’t wait to let you in on.
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Quite honestly, a product in search of a reason to exist. If there’s a niche it fills, I’m not savvy enough to detect it.
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Ugh. Sometimes you think you have enough information to figure a product out, and then the rug gets pulled out from under you.
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Is it horrendous? No. Is it overpriced and only a shadow of what the distillery has to offer? Absolutely.
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Collingwood isn't the worst Canadian whisky I've tried, but it's a good enough primer on why people shit on the category.
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Offensively bad at the price, made altogether worse by being positioned as a capable stand-in for a much better product. A total skip.
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Is it downright awful? No. That said, it's hard to reward what I feel is the taste of resting on centuries-old laurels.
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An underachieving whiskey for sure. If you're wondering if the alternative to Bushmills and Jameson is any good, it really isn't.
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Cuervo Gold: the spirit so bad it convinced multiple generations they don't like an entire category of liquor. Let's buckle in for a well-deserved hatchet job.
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Ever smell something that brings you back to a particular time and place? Perhaps a time and a place you're thankful you haven't experienced in a while? Buckle up for a vivid story!
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A light, otherwise boring whisky might be able to escape the sharpest barbs of criticism if the price was good. However, the distillers want about $45 for this, and at that price this bottle has nowhere to hide. Overall Rating: ⃠
If you're basing your understanding of "New American" gins based off of what's in the New Amsterdam bottle... uh, don't. Overall Rating: ⃠