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.

AVERAGING.ASPIRATIONS.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #12

Posted on March 25, 2013 by waywardwine

Having dipped a toe in Scottish Whisky Ales, let’s familiarize ourselves with how the Scotts handle and then break the standards. Let’s start with beer that makes water interesting: Lager. This lager spawns from, hold your breath, “Scotland’s most southerly … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Alcohol by volume, Beer, Beer in Scotland, Bevmo, Braveheart, bree, Crabbie's Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer, Crabbies, Edinburgh, Fraoch, gale, Lager, Mel Gibson, peat, Scotch whisky, Scotland, Scottish water, Sulwath Brewery, Traditional Scottish Ales, Whisky Ale, Whitewater Brewery, William Wallace, William Wallace Beer, Williams Bros Brewing Co | Leave a comment

WHISKY.ALE.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #11

Posted on March 18, 2013 by waywardwine

Last week covered Loch Lomond Brewery (click here). Their Whisky Ale showed how Scottish beer could break the hegemony of standard categories (IPAs, Lagers, Stouts), by tapping into something very Scottish: Whisky. Since Whisky is born as beer, distilled a … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Beer, Braveheart, distillery, Edinburgh, Innis & Gunn, Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond Brewery, Oak Aged Beer, peat, Robert the Bruce, Scotland, Stirling, Tullibardine Distillery, United States, Whiskey, Whisky, Whisky Ale, William Wallace | 1 Comment

Whisky Ale, Loch Lomond Brewery, Scotland

Posted on March 10, 2013 by waywardwine

Clear med plus intensity brown copper oxidized iron, super fine fizz, minor head. Clean, med plus intensity toasted coconut, molasses, toasted vanilla, candied orange. Dry, med minus acidity, med plus tannin, 7.2% alc, med plus body, creamy med plus froth, … Continue reading →

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The Ale of Leven, Loch Lomond Brewery, Scotland

Posted on March 10, 2013 by waywardwine

Clear med intense amber, fine small fizz no head. Clean med plus toffee, caramel apple, nutmeg slight soy sauce. Dry med acid med plus bitter med alc 4.5 med body med plus intense malt malt malt caramel apple raspberries wheat … Continue reading →

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ENTER.THE.HAGGIS.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #9

Posted on March 4, 2013 by waywardwine

I am reunited with my laptop. Let’s get cracking with Scotland. My gig is wine. I rarely drink whisky. But I had heather-tinted glasses on last August. After weeks in Canada and Iceland, my wife and I were touring Scotland. … Continue reading →