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Laphroaig – Water to Whisky Experience

A few images always come to mind when I think of Islay’s Laphroaig Whisky, one of them being the understated white label, another is the iconic white washed sea wall and another would be, of course, the peaty monster you experience on that first hit… On this trip to Islay my eyes were opened wide [...]

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Glenmorangie Cask Masters »

Last week I was invited to a Glenmorangie whisky tasting with a difference, the three drams on offer were each hand selected from three special cask types, Grand Cru Burgundy, Grand Cru Bordeaux and Manzanilla and we were asked to select our favourite, fortunately Dr Bill Lumsden was on hand to guide us through the tasting. The name of this [...]


The Macallan 1824 Series – Launch Night »

The Macallan could not have selected a more plush and luxurious surrounding for it’s launch, the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh is just soaked in elegance. So you can image how delighted I was when I arrived way too early and had to enjoy an uninterrupted hour relaxing in Peacock Alley sipping a head exploding coffee [...]


Win with Ballantine’s – hide & seek! »

Ready for a competition, do you fancy winning a few Ballantine’s goodies?… great! The guys at Ballantine’s have came up with this fancy illustration of the Ballantine’s 12yo, you may notice that within the bottle there are seven hidden flavours… so all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is [...]


Tweet Tasting – Glory of the Grain »

Last Wednesday we had a special tweet tasting which involved not only all grain Whiskies but the tasting was blind. The tasting table was all set up the samples at the ready, some water if needed, all the tweet tasters on line and ready to start the tasting. We all had four grain samples, all [...]


Tomatin Single Malt Whisky Tasting »

FACT: Tomatin was once the biggest spirit producing distillery in Scotland, with 25 stills producing over 15 million litres of spirit. The huge expansion of Tomatin between the years of 1954 and 1970 was largely due to huge demand for its fruity, sweet liquid, ideal for the blended Whisky market.  With such a reliable taste [...]


Talisker – A New Expression Tasted »

Jim has visited this distillery on a couple of occasions and has always been in awe of the location with the Cullins as a backdrop, stunning absolutely stunning. just like their drams. Tonight the Whisky Boys are tasting a new unaged dram released in early 2013 from the Isle Of Skye. Lets open the bottle [...]


Dalmore – Valour, A new Expression for Travel Retail »

The Dalmore distillery has launched a new expression, The Dalmore Valour, for sale exclusively in travel retail. The spirit is named after the Clan Mackenzie’s act of bravery in 1263 when an ancestor of the Mackenzie Clan bravely saved King Alexander III from a charging stag. The grateful King granted the Mackenzies with a Royal [...]