Once again the duty-free shops of the world’s airports have made the choice of getting another Auchentoshan breed an inevitability. This time instead of Blood Oak we get another blood-related wood thing – Heartwood. It genuinely does live up to that name of being a warm and woody drink, but it’s sadly not that simple.
Spitfire: 4.0 – Very much a substandard british style amber. Not much else to say
Price Average: $3
Website: https://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/
Goody Two Shoes: 6.0 – It’s a nice kolsch but there’s a sort of metallic taste to it that sort of ruins it. It’s a draft though so take this at face value.
Price Average: $6 Draft
Website: https://www.exhibit-a-brewing.com/
This as far as we can reasonably tell is the first spirit we have from the African continent. This excludes wine of course, and technically this is made in the UK, but at least it’s technically correct. The botanicals here really do produce a gin that is very unique.
Siren Yu Lu: 4.0 – that is so over hopped it nearly came back, there is no reason for it. That might as well be an ipa
Price Average: $12
Website: http://www.sirencraftbrew.com/
Staropramen: 1.0 – This could be labeled Prague piss and it’d at least be on brand. It is utterly terrible.
Price Average: $4
Website: http://www.staropramen.com/
We close out the Old St. Andrews line going from a whiskey as warm as a fire, to one named for the fireside. This is the older 12-year version, but the aftertaste might surprise you.
Editor’s Note: We apologize for the clickbait opening, the writer has been fired.
