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Scotch Malt Whisky Society – Grain Week

Nicola Young — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:59:58 +0000

–Press Release– The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, the world’s leading malt whisky club, is today (Friday 17 May) launching a week-long celebration of grain whisky. Unlike malt whisky, which is made from malted barley, grain whisky is made from unmalted cereal grains such as wheat, rye, maize or corn. Traditionally, grain whisky has been used [...]

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Glenmorangie Cask Masters

Nicola Young — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:06:13 +0000

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 [...]

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Edinburgh Whisky Stramash Ticket Giveaway

Nicola Young — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:33:49 +0000

The glorious rammy that is Edinburgh’s Whisky Stramash will be returning to the capital on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May. The year’s event promises to bring the wonderful world of whisky to the masses in new and innovative ways and undoubtedly excite the purists, tempt the interested and intrigue the indifferent once again. Held [...]

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The Macallan 1824 Series – Launch Night

Nicola Young — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:10:42 +0000

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 [...]

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Win with Ballantine’s – hide & seek!

Nicola Young — Mon, 06 May 2013 06:55:34 +0000

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 [...]

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Bushmills Live 2013 – Update to Festival Line Up

Jim — Sun, 05 May 2013 09:56:25 +0000

JAKE BUGG TO JOIN THE BILL FOR BUSHMILLS LIVE 2013 SONS AND LOVERS, FOY VANCE, IAIN ARCHER, WILLY MASON AND BEAR’S DEN also set to join JAKE BUGG and previously confirmed headliners OF MONSTERS AND MEN at the only music festival in an Irish whiskey distillery Bushmills Village: 2nd May 2013: Breakthrough act of the [...]

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Laphroaig – Water to Whisky Experience

Nicola Young — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:54:16 +0000

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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New Whisky Company Formed – Hunter Laing & Co

Nicola Young — Thu, 02 May 2013 07:33:09 +0000

NEW SCOTCH WHISKY COMPANY SET TO BECOME MAJOR FORCE AMONG INDEPENDENT BLENDERS AND BOTTLERS Hunter Laing & Co Ltd begins trading under the guidance of Stewart Laing and his sons With the fortunes of the Scotch whisky industry continuing to rise, a new company has been formed by experienced whisky entrepreneurs, Stewart Laing, and his [...]

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New Direction Revealed for Whisky Entrepreneurs Fred & Stewart Laing

Nicola Young — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:31:56 +0000

NEW DIRECTION REVEALED FOR WHISKY ENTREPRENEURS FRED AND STEWART LAING Douglas Laing & Co owners forging new chapters for the next generation of the family The owners of Douglas Laing & Co, the successful independent Scotch whisky blenders and bottlers, have announced that they are to go their separate ways and focus on different projects [...]

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Tweet Tasting – Glory of the Grain

Jim — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:40:57 +0000

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 [...]

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