By the time you read this I will hopefully be in Hong Kong. I’ll be here a week on work and then in Bombay for another week on work. And then on to Delhi for a couple of weeks to see family and do some research before returning to the US in late December, and then finally back to Minnesota in early January. It’s going to be exhausting but hopefully also fun and almost certainly with a lot of very good eating. Though I’m taking some samples with me to be assured of good whisky, I’m not planning to be doing much reviewing on the trip. But I do have a large backlog of completed reviews that will publish on a regular schedule through the month. I have more reviews ready than I plan to post so if any of these catch your eye more than others, write in below and I’ll move them to the top of the stack. In addition to the whisky reviews you can expect quick reports from restaurants that sling noodle soup and dumplings in Hong Kong and then Goan and coastal food in Bombay. 

1. Arran 21, 1997 (Old Malt Cask 20th Anniversary Release)
2. Ballechin 12, 2005 (Signatory for the Whisky Barrel)
3. Blair Athol 22, 1995 (First Editions)
4. Bowmore 22, 1996, Cask 17091 (Old Malt Cask 20th Anniversary Release)
5. Bowmore 22, 1996, Cask 17078 (Old Malt Cask 20th Anniversary Release)
6. Bowmore 30, Sea Dragon
7. Bunnahabhain 34, 1980 (Whisky Fair)
8. Caol Ila 33, 1984 (Gordon & MacPhail)
9. Compass Box Flaming Heart, 15th Anniversary
10. Deanston 11, 2006 (Signatory)
11. Glen Grant 27, 1991 (Old Malt Cask 20th Anniversary Release)
12. Glen Moray 34, 1977 (Malts of Scotland)
13. Glen Moray 42, 1962 (Celtic Heartlands)
14. Glenmorangie Taghta
15. Glentauchers 20, 1997 (Signatory)
16. Heaven Hill 6, Bottled in Bond
17. Laphroaig 12, 2006 (Old Malt Cask 20th Anniversary Release)
18. Laphroaig 13, 1998 (van Wees)
19. Laphroaig 17, 1999 (SMWS 29.190)
20. Ledaig 10, 2004 (Signatory)
21. Ledaig 10, 2007, Pomerol Cask Finish (Chieftain’s)
22. Ledaig 11, Time Series IV (The Whisky Exchange)
23. Ledaig 11, 2005 (Single Malts of Scotland)
24. Loch Lomond 12
25. Orkney 11, 2007, PX Finish (North Star Spirits)
26. Port Charlotte Pl1 (Elements of Islay)
27. Port Ellen 24, 1982 (Bladnoch Forum) Sample bottle smashed by Sun Country Airlines
28. Speyside Region 43, 1973 (The Whisky Agency)
29. Talisker 8, Older release
30. Teaninich 29, 1983 (Signatory)
31. Tomatin 15
32. Tomatin 16, 2003, PX (Distillery Exclusive)