The Whisky Boys received a couple of samples from Nicol van Rijbroek a marketing executive from The BenRiach Distillery Co. Ltd. and a big thank you goes out to Nicol.
As all our regular readers know, Nicola is still struggling with heavily peated single malts, so it falls to Jim to taste these two peated drams, [...]

After our successful Irish Whiskey tasting month last October we have just received a bottle of Tullamore Dew from Rik Salmon of Eulogy, London www.eulogy.co.uk which we give a BIG thanks.
Tullamore Dew is produced by William Grant & Sons, an independent family-owned distiller headquartered in the United Kingdom and founded by William Grant in 1887. [...]

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’ [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It is early evening on Thursday 17th November 2011 and at the special invite from Helen Stewart, U.K. Brand Manager if the  Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) The Whisky Boys are heading of to the west end of Glasgow for a tasting at 1 Devonshire Gardens, one of Glasgow’s most prestigious hotels [...]

First we have to say a big thanks to Gerry Tosh (Highland Park’s Global Marketing Manager) for sending the Whisky Boys two grand samples for us to taste and review.
Highland Park Distillery,
Holm Road,
Kirkwall,
Orkney,
KW15 1SU
telephone – 01856 874619
website – www.highlandpark.co.uk
Owners – The Edrington Group.
Check out Gerry Tosh’s Q & A by searching his name on this [...]

Tonight (Tuesday 22nd November) Nicola has popped round to Jim’s for a wee special tasting that we have wanted to do for a few weeks now, two terrific Dalmore’s.
From away back in 1839 this grand old distillery has been producing Single Malts, originally owned by the Clan Mackenzie but now owned by Whyte and [...]

The Whisky Boys were invited over to James Farrelly’s home for a wee tasting of some of his favourite Rum’s.
So Jim and his wife Jacqueline and in the other car was Nicola, Scott and Jim’s two granddaughters, Loren and Carla headed over to Linlithgow which is just a short drive from Cumbernauld and Longcroft.
After all [...]

On Thursday 24th November, Aldi will be launching their newest Single Malt, There will be only 3000 bottles of this dram, so everyone has to be sharp and get in there early.
The Whisky Boys were sent a sample from Jessica Shepherd from Weber Shandwick for us to taste and review, and tonight was the night [...]