Michael Orson
Michael Orson is a branding consultant by day and a spirits enthusiast by night. It all began at the tender age of 19 when he saw the 1988 Tom Cruise classic, Cocktail. Within days, he was working behind a bar and learning the dark arts of mixology. One evening, Master of Malt's illustrious directors Justin Petszaft and Ben Ellefsen walked in and offered him a job. The rest is history. To quote Doug Coughlin, "There's no better way to make it than behind three feet of mahogany." Over the years since he's lived around the world and worked for brands like Samsung, Siemens, and Tabasco. He's also seen Toto six times in concert.
Is Glenlivet better than Glenfiddich?Which is the best glen? Close? Campbell? Livet? Fiddich? It’s an intense debate that dominates every breakroom, common area, or coffee shop in the land. So, today, we will start…
Is Japanese whisky better than Scotch?“Is Japanese whisky Better than Scotch whisky?” Without a doubt it’s one of life’s great questions, up there with “should the chap in the Clash song have stayed or gone?”…
Is there a market for old whisky?Why, yes, there’s a market for everything… For example, in the year 2000, a slice of French toast, half-eaten by Justin Timberlake, sold on eBay for $1,025. Now obviously he…
What is the rarest whisky in Scotland?
What is the rarest whisky in Scotland?There is a certain aura surrounding the very rarest of the rare… an allure… dare we say, a mystique? It could be a Rothschild Fabergé egg, some of that ‘white…
