SmokyBeast Archive


December 2017
8:  
Joseph Magnus - A New Beast from Nasa Liquors

August 2017
20:  
SmokyBeast - An Update, A Night of Drinking, and a Review

July 2017
12:  
The Best Drinking of My Life - Turkey Hunting with Eddie Russell

June 2017
24:  
Who Dat Kung Fu Jew? YOU dat kung fu jew part two!
6:  
Hand-Picked Elijah Craig Barrel

May 2017
31:  
Who Dat Kung Fu Jew?

April 2017
25:  
Beast Masters Club Exclusive Podcast with Michter's Master Distiller

March 2017
3:  
I love it when a plan comes together. David Pickerell guest hosts our next podcast event!!

February 2017
19:  
A Genuine Smoky Beast Whisky Review! Lagavulin 8-Year

January 2017
30:  
The Big Westland Tasting
24:  
Smoke Wars: A New Dope
18:  
Top 5 Limited Release Whiskies of 2016 - HYPE OR HOT
11:  
Join us for an evening with Westland Distillery!

December 2016
28:  
CLEAR THE SHELVES - TOP 5 WHISKEYS THAT WON'T BE AROUND NEXT YEAR
12:  
Single Cask Nation - The Art of Deconstructing Blends
5:  
Ardbeg Dark Cove - The... err... darkest Ardbeg ever... ish.

November 2016
24:  
Live podcast with Signatory Vintage
18:  
Interview with James and Peter Wills from Kilchoman
9:  
Five Reasons To Buy Scotch From Independent Bottlers
4:  
Kilchoman US Tour Bottle - Cask Strength Machir Bay
1:  
Bookers 13-Year Rye Review

October 2016
21:  
Smoky Beast vs. The Whiskey Warrior
10:  
Beast Masters Club podcast with Joe Beatrice is live!
4:  
Tasting Three Four Roses Single Barrels, NASA Liquors and Elliot's Select Limited Release

September 2016
13:  
Announcing - BEAST MASTERS CLUB

August 2016
23:  
The Last Unicorn - Smooth Ambler Old Scout Rye Unicorn Private Barrel
17:  
Bourbon of the Year - Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
4:  
Malts of Scotland - Eilean a Chuirn Lighthouse

July 2016
27:  
Mezcal Vago Part II - Tio Rey
20:  
Mezcal Vago Part 1 - Mezcalero Aquilino Garcia Lopez
12:  
Mezcal Month Part 1: Rey Campero!

June 2016
30:  
James MacArthur's Fine Malt Selection Caol Ila 14 Year
21:  
Lagavulin Feis Ile 2013
3:  
Continuing our vicarious trip to Islay - Caol Ila Feis Ile 2015!!!

May 2016
20:  
The Long Awaited Pop of that Lagavulin Feis Ile 2015
3:  
Four Strikes and We're Out! Longrow Peated, Benrinnes 23, Tamdhu 10, Ledaig 2005

April 2016
19:  
A Wheater Tasting at Wheated Brooklyn
15:  
SmokyBeast leads a charity tasting!!!
5:  
Willett C22D - The Legend of the Wheated Willett

March 2016
29:  
The Best Tasting Ever. Period. Douglas Laing Old & Rare Platinum.
21:  
The Bottle That Does Not Exist - Balcones Texas Single Barrel
14:  
Willett 11-Year Gift Shop
10:  
IT'S THE PEATIEST MALT EVER MADE!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA - Bruichladdich Octomore 6.3 Review
1:  
New Chief(s) in Town! Ian Macleod's Chieftain's Bottling Run #9

February 2016
22:  
The Whisky Exchange Selection Signatory Laphroaig
11:  
Return of Jake's Mezcal Column! Nuestra Soledad: La Compania Ejutla
4:  
Vegas Baby!

January 2016
25:  
Parker's Heritage Collection - First Release!!!
4:  
Review - 1959 Old Forester Bottled in Bond

December 2015
29:  
The Best Malt We've Ever Tasted
22:  
Vida San Luis Del Rio (Mezcal Vida) - La Bestia Ahumado
14:  
Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2015
8:  
There's Nothing Like Some 1970's COK!

November 2015
30:  
On adultery, of the smoky variety
21:  
Lagavulin Jazz Fest 2013!!!
13:  
Smooth Ambler Limited Edition Single Barrel 10 Year Rye!!!
6:  
Threats, Blackmail, and Rhum Agricole

October 2015
27:  
Whiskey House
19:  
Talisker Distiller's Edition 1992
12:  
NASA Liquor Smooth Ambler Single Barrel #1409
2:  
This bottle of whiskey comes with a free kick in the nuts from John Little - (Review SFWTC SAOS 10-Year Bourbon)

September 2015
23:  
I pick the glove lotion
16:  
Malts of Scotland Laphroaig Sherry Cask - Oh Yeah!!!
9:  
Face for Radio

August 2015
31:  
First Loves & Summer Flings - Lagavulin 18-Year Distiller's Edition
25:  
Happy Hollow Oldest Reserve - Bourbon Past vs Present Part Two
11:  
Review: Abelour A'Bunadh - Batting a Thousand
7:  
Four Roses Private Barrels Part 3: Bourbon Crusaders
5:  
Four Roses Private Barrels Part Two
3:  
War of the Roses - Private Barrel Edition!

July 2015
27:  
The Angel Barrel, Part 6 - Interview with John Little of Smooth Ambler
25:  
The Angel Barrel, Part 5 Guest Review by AlPop Ward
23:  
The Angel Barrel Part 4: Guest Review - Collectors' Edition
22:  
The Angel Barrel Part 3: Guest Review by John Malatino of SmokyPeat!
21:  
The Angel Barrel, Part 2 - Guest Review by Jake Cahill of The Natural Wine Company
20:  
The Angel Barrel
18:  
Bourbon: Past Versus Present Part Two!!!
14:  
Pappy Hits Puberty

June 2015
29:  
Ardbeg Auriverdes
15:  
Review: Smokehead 18 Extra Black
9:  
Laphroaig Douglas of Drumlanrig
5:  
Review: William Larue Weller 2011 - And a sad day...
1:  
Our birthdays are coming up.

May 2015
26:  
Memorial Day in Massachusetts - Gordon's Four Roses & Pretty Things FlowerLand IPA
18:  
Rye Battle Royale Part II
11:  
Rye Battle Royale - Willett 24/94 vs Michter's 6J-1

April 2015
29:  
Parker's Heritage Collection Battle: Blend of Mashbills, Promise of Hope, and Wheat Whiskey
21:  
Beast Masters Club Part Two - Rye Night!
14:  
Colonel E.H. Taylor Warehouse C Tornado Surviving
7:  
Review: Kilchoman PX Finish

March 2015
30:  
Our New Crush - Nasa Liquor's SAOS
27:  
Bourbon Past vs Present
10:  
1977 Brora 35 Year - Oh Yeah We WENT THERE

February 2015
24:  
SMOKEHEAD SKULL! Oh yeah that's actually what it's called...
18:  
Single Cask Nation Catoctin Creek Rye
15:  
Birthday Bourbon Bonanza Finale! OFBB 2014
14:  
Birthday Bonanza Part 9: OFBB 2013
11:  
Birthday Bourbon Bonanza Part 7: OFBB 2012
9:  
Birthday Bourbon Bonanza Part 6 - OFBB 2011
7:  
Birthday Bourbon Bonanza Part 5: OFBB 2010
6:  
Birthday Bourbon Bonanza Part 4: OFBB 2009
5:  
Birthday Bourbon Bonanza Part 3: OFBB2008
4:  
Birthday Bourbon Bonanza Part 2: OFBB 2007
3:  
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon Bonanza

January 2015
27:  
Review and Distillery Tour - Garrison Brothers Distillery - & Our First Guest Post!
20:  
Jim Beam Signature Craft Series Brandy Finish Bourbon
13:  
Review: Bowmore Devil's Cask
6:  
Review: The Arran Devil's Punchbowl Chapter III

December 2014
29:  
Alpop Ward Selection #1 - Eagle Rare 10 Year Single Barrel
24:  
Christmas Orphans Part III - Old Blowhard
21:  
Orphan Barrels Part Two - Rhetoric 20 Year Bourbon
15:  
What's a Christmas Story without some Orphans???
2:  
There's Pappy, and then there's PAPPY! (Review 1959-1966 Old Fitzgerald BIB)

November 2014
25:  
Vegas, Part 2!! Review Lagavulin 21-Year and Parker's Heritage Collection #4 Wheater!!!
18:  
Review of The Whisky Attic, Las Vegas
10:  
Revenge of the Roses Part 5! - Battle of the Limited Edition Small Batch
9:  
Revenge of the Roses Part 4! - Battle of the Limited Edition Single Barrels!
8:  
Revenge of the Roses - Part 3!
7:  
Revenge of the Roses Part 2
6:  
Revenge of the Roses: All Ten Recipes and this year's Limited Editions!!!

October 2014
30:  
Review: The Exclusive Malts "Speyside 1989 25 Year"
22:  
Review: Port Ellen 18 Year McGibbons "Winter Distillation" - A home run just in time for the World Series
16:  
Review: Talisker 25-Year (2005 Cask Strength) - The Beast We've Been Looking For
6:  
Even Alf has come back down to earth.

September 2014
29:  
Armagnac Tasting With J!
15:  
On Temper Tantrums, Meltdowns, Heartburn, and Italian Digestifs - Fernet Branca Review
11:  
A Pair of Single Barrel Gems from Kilchoman - Impex and Binny's Exclusive Barrel Picks!
1:  
the big Willett tasting part 7 (24-Year Family Estate Rye Bonili Selection)

August 2014
31:  
the big Willett tasting part 6 (25-Year Family Estate Rye)
30:  
the big Willett tasting part 5 (Family Estate 21-Year Bourbon)
29:  
the big Willett tasting Part 4 (Family Estate 10-Year Bourbon THE MOHAWK)
28:  
the big Willett tasting part 3 (Family Estate 9-Year Bourbon)
27:  
the big Willett tasting part 2 (Family Estate 5-Year Rye)
26:  
The Big Willett Tasting
19:  
Review: High West Bourye - Tracking The Elusive Jackalope
13:  
Noh
5:  
The Beast Masters Club

July 2014
29:  
Michter's 10-Year Rye Vertical
22:  
Rock-Rock-Rockaway Beach Tasting! Parker's Heritage 27-Year, Brora Jewels of Scotland, Hirsch Canadian Rye, Vintage 17 Bourbon
15:  
Review: Smooth Ambler 8-Year Rye - Private Barrel Program of the Year
7:  
Review: Willett Small Batch 2-Year Rye, Willett 5-Year Rye - More Willett! More more more!!!
1:  
Review: The Arran Malt Machrie Moor

June 2014
26:  
Review: LeNell's Red Hook Rye, Bitter Truth Rye, Michter's 20 Year, Van Winkle Lawrenceburg
19:  
Jewbilation!
16:  
Battle of the Beasts Finale - The Baddest Beast in the Land!
11:  
Battle of the Beasts Part Four: Kilchoman Barrel Room
6:  
Battle of the Beasts Part 3: Bruichladdich Octomore 2.1
3:  
Battle of the Beasts Part 2: Ardbeg Supernova

May 2014
30:  
Battle of the Beasts Part 1: Lagavulin 12-Year
29:  
Battle of the Beasts!!!