Today we received a promised package from the team at Glenfiddich, and a grand box was inside, made of solid wood, but, also solid was the brass padlock with a 3 digit combination lock.
Jim and Jacqueline had booked a weeks break in our favourite part of the world, Islay., for the last week in February 2010. Our plan was to completely chill out, relax and enjoy the pleasures…..
This is a short tale of Jim taking his lovely wife Jacqueline out for a drive and lunch only a week or two ago.
We found ourselves driving through the beautiful countryside heading form the Stirling area towards Callander on the A84, passing Doune and Deanston Distillery (Jim and Dougie need to give this one a [...]
I have been given such a delightful 25cl bottle of Whisky with an interesting history from a fellow Whisky lover and colleague Deek Young from Edinburgh, that I must share the details of it with you all.
It is called Kelt Tour Du Monde, bottled by Invergordon, Distillery Limited in Leith, Edinburgh. This very rare extra [...]
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Cutty Sark Whisky - Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 40% vol.
You who read our web site will have noticed that we had this Whisky as our Supermarket best buy reduced from £20.99 to £11.00 in our nearby Sainsbury’s.
At the time this looked a great buy, shortly after buying a couple of bottles [...]
It is early evening and for a change we decided to taste and review Dougies favourite Blended Scotch Whisky. Dewar’s 12 Year Old Special Reserve, Blended Scotch Whisky.
This blend is the creation of the master blender Tom Aitken, (only the sixth master blender in Dewar’s history) he surely knows what he is doing, and that’s for sure.
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Ardmore Whisky - Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Fully Peated) 46% vol
Distilled at Ardmore Distillery, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire
This single malt is non-chill filtered and matured for a final period in small 19th century style “quarter casks”.
The Boys are on there own tonight (Sunday 9th Nov @ 1930 hours), Nicola is winging her way [...]
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Auchentoshan Whisky - Three Wood Single Malt Whisky. (No statement of age and at 43% vol)
A Lowland malt distilled at the Auchentoshan Distillery at Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire G81 4SJ, which is on the bonnie banks of the Clyde.
This was the least expensive tasting the Boys have had to date, that is mainly due [...]
As you will have seen from elsewhere on the site the Colemans and the Fergussons attended the Good Food and Whisky Live show last Saturday – and a jolly good day was had by all.
While listening to the “Boys” discuss their various tasting and experiences with the folks at the Auchentoshan booth my mind wandered [...]
Speyside Whisky Festival 2009 - Spirit of Speyside
www.spiritofspeyside.com
Friday May 1st until Sunday May 10th 2009.
Whisky, Music, Fun and maybe the Whisky Boys (don’t forget Nicola our Webmaster and trainee malt taster)
This festival is now about to have its 10th birthday. This festival covering vast areas of our native and spiritual land. It will range from [...]
