Posts tagged scotch
Day Drinking with David: Old Malt Casks Edition

Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard tastes through the unique Old Malt Cask Scotch from Hunter and Laing on this episode of his weekly Instagram Live show, Day Drinking with David. He tastes through nine exclusive casks.

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Back On the Trail: the Spirits Newsletter

Fresh off a trip to Kentucky, K&L’s Spirits Buyers have put together a newsletter chock full of amazing finds. In these pages, they recount their visit to Ross & Squibs Distillery, plus showcase some of our latest new arrivals (and pre-arrivals for those who want to get a jump on the game). Fans of rum, whisky, gin, brandy… don’t miss the latest K&L News!

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Day Drinking with David: Battle of the 10 Year Single Matls

Today's Day Drinking with David is at his NEW DAY AND TIME: Tuesdays at 1:30PM Pacific on Instagram Live @klwines. In this episode, K&L Wine Merchant's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard presents the Battle of the 10 Year Single Malts: Arran, Laphroaig, Tobermory, Edradour. All these are available on our website, klwines.com. Thanks for watching!

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Day Drinking with David: Italian Bottlers Edition

K&L’s Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard on his weekly Instagram Live show, Day Drinking with David. This week: Italian Bottlers, Silver Seal, Antique Lion, plus a sneaky Starthisla, and some rum to start. Join him every week at 1:30 PM on Thursdays @klwines.

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Day Drinking with David: Mezcal and the Oldest Scotch Ever Bottled Edition

Each week, K&L's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard hits Instagram Live @klwines with his weekly show. In this episode, David tastes through our new Maguey Melate K&L exclusives as well as the insane new Glenlivet 80 Year Old from Gordan and Macphail.

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Day Drinking with David: Double Trouble Edition

Day Drinking with David is K&L's Spirits Buyer David Othenin-Girard's weekly Instagram Live show, where he pops the cork on craft spirits of every stripe. This week, he's joined by his partner-in-crime, Andrew Whiteley, K&L's other Spirits Buyer, to taste five of our K&L Exclusive barrels.

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Day Drinking with David: Hodge Podge Edition

David Othenin-Girard is one of the world’s best resources on craft spirits. Each week, he opens up some bottles on Instagram Live, sometimes with guests, sometimes by his lonesome, but always with lots of viewer questions and insight.

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Day Drinking with David: Gordon and MacPhail, Benromach Edition

On this episode of Day Drinking with David, meet Richard Urquhart, the man behind Gordon & Macphail and BenRomach, a company with 100+ years of history bottling Scotch. Take a tour of their distillery in Elgin.

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Celebrate Fall Equinox with our Spirits Newsletter

On this, the first day of fall 2020, we’re not reaching for the pumpkin spice, thank you very much, but would far prefer a glass of a rousing spirit chosen by our experts on the subject: K&L Spirits Buyers David Othenin-Girard and Andrew Whiteley. In these pages are some of their top picks, from Mezcal to single cask Bourbon and beyond.

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Day Drinking with David: Arran Whisky and Buffalo Trace

Two different distilleries, two different worlds, one man with the palate and the passion to open them up and taste along with you. Join our host with the most as he tastes through Arran Scotch and Buffalo Trace Rye. It’s always gallons of fun to drink with David during the day!

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Day Drinking with David: Glendronach Edition

Today, David welcomed Stewart Buchanan, the Global Brand Ambassador for Glendronach, BenRiach, and Glenglassaugh, to Day Drinking on Instagram Live. These are two fellows who know and love their Scotch, and a lively conversation ensued. They tasted the Glendronach 12 Year, 15 Year, and K&L Exclusive Single Cask.

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Spirits Gifts of Every Stripe

My pet peeve is when retailers start throwing about the term “last minute gifts,” as if there’s somehow an implied judgement that we should have had this all figured out and wrapped and put under the tree already. I come to you with absolutely no judgement. We are busy, modern people with busy, modern lives! I come to you now only to let you know that we’re all in the same boat down the holiday stream with you, trying to stay afloat and make the merry while still getting all the non-merry quotidian things of life accomplished. Let’s keep it simple: here are some very excellent gifts for the spirits lovers in your life, hand selected by our Spirits Buyer and all-around font of knowledge, David Othenin-Girard

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Glasgow Dreaming

It is always a thrill and a treat for me when I get a chance to learn more about the history and connections of things that I am passionate about. In Glasgow, at the start of our whisky trip, I was fascinated to learn how important this city is to the story of Scotch. Somehow, I had completely missed the relationship that this city, and its placement on the Clyde, has both with familiar brands and with the export of the Scottish “Water of Life” across the globe.

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