Author: Wes

Senior Staff Writer, Wes, was born and raised in Darlington, South Carolina and attended college at the United States Air Force Academy. After flying helicopters for the Air Force and teaching at the Air Force Academy, he retired in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado, after twenty years of military service. He now works in public school education, is married with three children, and leads the monthly Proper Pour Whisk(e)y Club. You can follow him on Twitter @WesModernThirst and e-mail him at [email protected].

INTRODUCTION Join with me for the next twenty-four days as we countdown to Christmas with the Drinks by the Dram Irish Whiskey Advent Calendar.  Each day will present a new whiskey adventure (albeit from last year’s – 2018 calendar – hey, I found it on sale earlier this year). Check back every day for a brief review of each whiskey tasted.  I plan to give a quick overview of the nose, taste, finish, and general cost range of the dram with an overall A, B, C type score.  Since each sample is only an ounce, the letter grade system allows…

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COMPASS BOX STRANGER & STRANGER INTRODUCTION Out of all of the non-American whisk(e)y reviews we have brought to you on ModernThirst we have only reviewed two other Compass Box whiskies: Phenomenology and Juveniles – and those two bottlings received a 93 and 92 score respectively – click on the title to go to the specific reviews. Both of those bottlings are still available from my recent scanning of the shelves.  I noted in the previous reviews that Compass Box is one of my favorite brands.  I like what they are doing and the releases are becoming more frequent it seems. Stranger & Stranger was released…

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