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2011 – Whisky Boys Awards – The Winners
It is the few days between Christmas and New Year and Jim and Nicola have poured a wee dram each and are looking at our selections and shortlists for our 2011 Whisky Awards.
It is not easy but we have chosen our favourites, hopefully they are yours also, if not let us know what your favourites [...]
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Whisky Tastings
Jura Tasting – Isle of Jura 1976 »
This is an exceptional dram we have just received and as both Jim and Nicola have both visited this great Island and Jim has certainly enjoyed all the Jura expressions and one of his all time favourites is Superstition.
Isle of Jura Distillery,
Craighouse,
Isle of Jura,
Argyll,
PA60 7XT.
telephone – 01496 820385
website – www.isleofjura.com
The Tasting.
Isle of Jura 1976
Feith A’ [...]
Bowmore Tasting – Bowmore Tempest Release No. 3 »
The festive season is now at an end and it is early evening on Saturday 7th January and this is our first tasting of 2012.
It could not be a better tasting than going over to the fabulous Isle of Islay for this special tasting.
This distillery was founded over two centuries ago in 1779, Bowmore is [...]
Jura Elixir – 12 Year Old - A Tasting of the Ultimate Water of Life »
Jim was excited to receive from The Jura Team a sample of this new expression.
So last night, Thursday 8th of December we managed to get round to having a wee tasting of this special malt, Nicola came round to Jim’s at around 8 pm and we both sat down and poured a wee glass of [...]
Blend of the Month
Blended Whisky of the Month – October 2011 »Like our Malt of the Month we have stayed in Ireland, and for October we have chosen:-
Kilbeggan Blended Irish Whiskey – 40% Alc/vol 70cl
Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey and the Old Kilbeggan Distillery are part of Cooley Distillery plc, the only independent Irish-owned Whiskey Distillery. Cooley was established in 1987, the first Irish Whiskey Distillery to be [...]
Jims Tales
Whisky Boys - Back to School (again), Week 8 »It’s Tuesday 8th November 2011 and it is only me (once again) that is on my usual train to Glasgow Queen Street, for my final weekly trip to the Glasgow Metropolitan College. It’s week 8 of John Lamond’s Advanced Whisky Trail and this weeks topic is “Energy“ .
In John’s lecture tonight we found out how [...]
Spotlight on Whisky
Christmas Whisky Gift Ideas from The Whisky Boys »It is not far off now, less than 12 weeks, so the Whisky Boys have sat down and put together a selection of gift ideas to post on our Whisky Blog to help you give the best whisky gift this Christmas.
We start off with some Whisky suggestions :-
The price range under £40
The Boys would recommend [...]
