Category Archives: EMPTIED BOTTLES

Here reside my bottle breakdowns. These reviews provide information about each wine’s context: history, geography, value, etc., and composition: from appearance and aromas, to sweetness, acidity, tannin, body, length, flavors and quality within its type. Each review features a chart where I rank the wine’s qualities (e.g. light, medium, or full bodied) according to the Wine and Spirit Education Trust’s tasting guide. These are snapshots of a wine and reviewer. Don’t be surprised if the wine and your perception of it change. Use this data to buy and taste wine with purpose.

Stop worrying if a wine is bad or good. Judgment only describes the judge. Instead, treat each wine, each bottle, even each sip as a meeting unique unto itself. Find new wines here to stretch your mind and palate.

Open bottle. Open mind.

BREWDOG ALCOHOL RISEN: Review: Imperial Red Wheat: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #19

Posted on May 13, 2013 by waywardwine

After weeks of Scottish beer and Whisky, I wanted wine. I wanted its complexity, richness, and…er, alcohol. Brewdog’s first bar in Aberdeen provided the alternative. Each day’s castle/distillery/museum visit had wiped us. We needed beer stimulation. So every evening we … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Aberdeen, alcohol, Beer, Beer in Germany, BrewDog, Edinburgh, Georg Tscheuschner, Schorschbräu, Tactical Nuclear Penguin, Whisky | Leave a comment

BREWDOG UNHOPPED UPMANSHIP: Flying Dog Zero IBU IPA International Arms Race: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #18

Posted on May 6, 2013 by waywardwine

We returned to Edinburgh’s BrewDog bar to taste something new: unhopped IPA. A few weeks ago we tried a bottle of BrewDog’s Punk IPA. It tasted too pretty to be punk. But its aromatics and herbaceous bitterness, like all IPAs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Beer, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, brettanomyces, BrewDog, Brewing, Cascade hop, Colorado, Drag Race, Edinburgh, Flying Dog, Food, hopping, hops, International Arms Race, IPA, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Microbrewery, Ricola, Ru Paul, RuPaul, Rupaul's Drag Race, Scotland, United States, Zero IBU | 2 Comments

BREWDOG IN EDINBURGH: Beer Review: Alice Porter; Dogma; Libertine Black Ale: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #17

Posted on April 29, 2013 by waywardwine

Last week we tried Brewdog Brewery’s lighter, bottled beers. They ranked well but did not lead to their self-proclaimed beer-volution. Time to get serious. This week, we tackle BrewDog’s bar in Edinburgh. To start the day, my wife and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Alice Porter, Beer, Beverages, BrewDog, Brewery, cornish pasty, Dogma, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, heather, Honey, Libertine Black Ale, Microbrewery, Pasty, Portman Group, Speedball, The Piemaker | 3 Comments

BREWDOG BOTTLES REVIEW: 77 Lager; Trashy Blond; 5 A.M. Saint; Punk IPA: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #16

Posted on April 25, 2013 by waywardwine

It all began with a dead squirrel. In 2010, I stumbled onto a BBC article. It highlighted controversy spinning around 55% alcohol, £500 beers from BrewDog brewery. They called them “The End of History”: a squirrel pelt sheathed each bottle … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged 5 A.M. Saint, 77 Lager, Aberdeen, BBC, Beer, Bevmo, Brew Dog, BrewDog, Drink to Britain, Edinburgh, Iconoclastic Amber Ale, James May, Lager, Oz Clark, pale ale, Punk IPA, Scotland, taxidermy, The End of History, Trashy Blond, wine | 3 Comments

PUTTING THE THE IN THE MACALLAN 10 YEAR: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #15

Posted on April 15, 2013 by waywardwine

Weeks into our Scotland travels, we needed a break from Scottish beer. As with Aberlour’s 10 Year Whisky (reviewed earlier), a grocery sale inspired us to buy the last bottle of The Macallan, 10 Year Old, Single Malt Whisky. Why … Continue reading →