An easy going blog for easy going malts
If you can remember last year you will remember I did a few Glen Moray’s for their Tweet Tasting Event. I think I mentioned that the original plan was to try the new 25 year old. The timing of this didn’t work out and we tried the 21 year old instead. None of that was […]
I guess when it comes to Glen Scotia I sound quite hypocritical. I keep saying I love the distillery and like the bottles but then review some bottles and find them lacking. The festival specials have been a bit of a dud to me but the core range has always been a sure fire winner. […]
Some distilleries are used to make product for popular blends. These factories are essential to the industry and they do not romantise their purpose. Other distilleries are used to generate single malt products where the distillery is an intrinsic part of the brand identity. Expensive prose are authored on the location, on Scotland and on […]
Back home after visiting the Clydeside distillery and I can sit quietly again with the new make spirit I got as part of the tour. The 20cl bottle contains new make bottled at the filling strength of 63.5% ABV in a timeless simple bottle. Look at the label though and you will see a consistent […]
Getting to distilleries to have a look around and do the tours is actually quite difficult. Life and work always seem to get in the way but I know I should be more grateful living in Scotland. As a bleat on about how hard life is people from all over the world manage to make […]
Last year Arran had a re-brand to modernise the bottles and packaging. I wrote an article about branding and updating lineups at the time. See The Rebrand: When whisky get a respawn if you are interested in what I said. I wasn’t very complimentary about the new bottles appearance and wondered how much this marketing work […]
There are a few standout articles on this site which are always at the forefront of my mind. The Tullibardine 225 Sauternes Cask Finish is one of them for being just so intensely bad to my palate. Is it perhaps the wine finish or the whisky they make at Tullibardine. It probably isn’t the entire whisky […]
Recently I mentioned I thought the Port finished 2018 festival bottle from Glen Scotia was a bit of a disappointment. After that I got the chance to try the 2019 version to see if I preferred that in Rum finished format. I am always ready to enjoy a Glen Scotia so how could I resist. […]
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