An easy going blog for easy going malts
Bourbon is not something I have reviewed here before and that is mostly because I haven’t drank any Bourbon until very recently. Its also not something I know very much about so a little research had to be done before I could write anything down for the internet. The Distillery Blanton’s is a brand owned […]
Glenrothes is a distillery which I have not had much exposure to. I have a 19 year old single cask which was full term in PX sherry waiting in the cupboard for an excuse to open it but none have been forthcoming. This Glenrothes from the “Malt Whisky Company” is a relative youngster in comparison […]
The Loch Lomond distillery has to be one of if not they most versatile distillery in Scotland. They have the ability to make any type of whisky they want from single malt to a complete blended scotch whisky all within the walls of there industrious production facility. From this place comes this single grain whisky […]
Ian Macleod are the owners of the Glengoyne and Tamdhu distilleries and are an independent family owned company. They also recently bought the last remaining stocks of Rosebank from Diageo including the trademarks to restart production soon. Dun Bheagan is their premium line of single cask and small batch scotch whiskies and actually not something […]
In what has to be the oldest freely available footage from the Isle of Islay I have found 6 YouTube videos from an Ian Maclean. Using 8mm film Ian’s father shot all of these movies using what would be a very expensive camera at the time during family holidays to the island I suspect. What […]
In 1964 Bowmore had delivered a new boiler from Renfrew just outside of Glasgow. The plan was to use the Royal Navy to delivery the boiler and part of a new still to the island from their base in Rhu during a May Bank Holiday. The route was to be as below: A short […]
The first item in a new mini series on notable characters in the Scotch whisky history starts with Bessie Williamson who was the first female owner of a scottish distillery and the last independent owner of Laphroaig. Bessie was born in 1910 in Glasgow and in 1927 went to Glasgow University to study General Arts […]
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