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About Us
We’re the team behind Armadillo Whiskeys – an eclectic group of dedicated drams fans united in our quest to explore, appreciate, and profit from the beautiful spirit that is whisky. Day in and day out, we scour the globe, visiting distilleries, tracking down rare bottles, and testing our livers’ limits all in the name of bringing you the best whisky content on the web.
Some of our specialties include:
- The self-proclaimed “investigative intoxicologist” who goes undercover at secretive distilleries to uncover inside scoops on highly allocated releases before they hit the shelves. No secret is safe when there’s single malt on the line!
- The resident flavor professor deconstructs drams with a level of nasal attention to aroma and taste details that would put even the most distinguished sommelier to shame. Just don’t ask him to describe flavors when he’s four sheets to the wind…
- The stats savant crunches more numbers than the entire population of actuaries to predict future price movement and growth opportunities in the whisky market. As far as we’re concerned, liquid assets are just as legitimate as any other investment.
- The professional drinker who has reviewed more whiskies than there are grains of sand on the southern Australian coastline. Their palate and liver remain the stuff of legend in whisky circles. Keep those tasting notes coming!
The team behind Armadillo Whiskeys is made up of a vibrant community of whiskey enthusiasts from all walks of life united by our love and appreciation for fine spirits.
Some of our members cut their teeth in the industry, working everything from the bottom rungs of bartending to prestigious blending roles at iconic distilleries. Others came to whiskey through more casual means but have developed into aficionados through dedicated tasting, travel and investment.
Regardless of our varied backgrounds, we share a passion for exploring new whiskies, geeking out over distilling processes, uncovering rare bottles, and of course enjoying the liquid over long conversations and debates. After years in the hobby, we decided to start this website to spread our joy of whiskey to others.
Our vision at Armadillo Whiskeys is to create the most engaging online destination for every type of whiskey drinker, collector and investor.
We aim to push boundaries with critically-acclaimed tasting notes, behind-the-scenes distillery profiles, approachable education on complex flavors and invaluable advice on building valuable collections.
Above all, we strive to foster a spirit of community, camaraderie and craic among our readers through compelling content and lively whiskey-fueled interaction.
Our mission is simple – to share our deep love and appreciation for fine whiskey in an accessible, fun-loving way.
We’re dedicated to sourcing the most interesting and useful information from around the whiskey universe and presenting it in a style that intrigues, entertains, and energizes fellow drams fans.
It is our goal to see more people discover uncommon whiskies, learn whiskey’s storied traditions, explore new regions and expressions, and overall further their whiskey education through engaging with our website.
If, along the way, our work also helps others build incredible collections or turn a profitable endeavor, so much the better! Sláinte!
Meet the Motley Crew Behind Armadillo Whiskeys
We may look like your average band of misfits but behind these whisky-soaked exteriors lies a deep reverence and appreciation for the water of life. Allow us rogues to introduce ourselves:
The Leader: Self-appointed captain with a heart of gold (when it’s not clogged with peat and sherry). Loves nothing more than risky black market deals, petting stray dogs and drunk dialing the prime minister.
The Flavor Master: Has tasted more expressions than you’ve had hot dinners. Currently charting the molecular structure of an Islay single malt to unlock its darkest flavor secrets. Don’t let the arm-long tasting notes scare you!
The Market Guru: Numbers are this one’s native tongue which comes in handy when forecasting future allocations and your likelihood of receiving a Christmas card. Works exclusively in obscure spreadsheets and cryptocurrency.
The Wild Card: Will try absolutely anything at least once, often with disastrous results involving police, flaming marshmallows or missing clothes. Somehow still standing after 50+ years in the game.
The Fun Ambassador: Has turned debauchery into an Olympic sport and knows more drinking songs than the legal drinking age. Favorite hobby is matching innocents with their perfect poison.
Together we’re a right old mess but our unbridled passion for fine whisky knows no bounds. Now who wants the first dram!
Aged Whisky Bottles Fear Us
Decades-old single malts and rare bourbons hide in fright at the mere mention of our names. How else to explain the uncanny luck and unbridled access this team has to some of the rarest liquids known to man?
Some key reasons why shelf-rested drams dare not cross our paths:
- Our supply chain handler knows more black market blenders than Scotland has distilleries. Not a private collection or locked cellar is safe from their reach.
- One member spent their formative years working at a shadowy bottling facility. Suffice to say a “few cases went missing” over the years. Eyebrow raise
- The leader once charmed the code out of a multi-million dollar climate-controlled warehouse using only a baseball, some licorice and a questionable Justin Timberlake impression.
- The flavor professor can detect bourbon strains dating back to pre-prohibition days just by wafting nearby. No vintage is anonymous in their presence.
- Even the tax authorities and international police aren’t foolish enough to confront our methods. Definitely don’t ask about that shipping container…
So if your prized single malt suddenly “disappears,” you’ll know whom to blame. We’re coming for your rarest bottles! Now hide your hooch before it’s too late…