An easy going blog for easy going malts
With us about to enter July and apparently “summer” what would be a better time to start a fortnight long run of Bunnahabhain to start a month long piece on Islay? Literally any other time would be the answer but as is becoming a habit I have lots on my mind with that Island. I […]
This is the last film for this week and it is something really special. Posted on the “Isle of Islay” YouTube channel this is a documentary which was originally shot in the 1960’s. The island was under going a lot of change and investment at the time with airplanes bringing people to the island something […]
This time we look at a higher budget documentary about the whisky industry. The Andrew Peat directed film was shot in 2015 and I remember at the time seeing chatter about the film crew being over at Bruichladdich following Jim McEwan. Andrew is an American filmmaker and teacher who works in China. The post production […]
The Pattison brothers and their Victorian whisky empire feature in one of the most famous stories within Scotch Whisky history. Yet it wasn’t too many weeks ago I was still calling them “Patterson” and indeed assuming they were the only children of their parents (they had 12 kids). Justine of Kask Whisky has an online […]
Let’s keep this supermarket shelf whisky theme going with another stable from those high volume shelves. The Malt Blend The Monkey Shoulder blend of single malts has been around since 2005 and is produced by William Grant. The recipe originally included only three distilleries in Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Kininvie. All of which is matured in […]
I hope I haven’t lost too many people from my last article on something not whisky but also not even alcohol. Although to be fair I bet the Amazon drivers are still expected to ask for ID at the door! We are back on safe ground today though so lets start rebuilding my reputation with […]
I suppose with a blog called “Malted” I really should only talk about things which contain…malt. However, its my ball etc etc so tough bananas! The Brand The story of the brand was lifted from their press stuff off their website Headquartered on a farm in The Chilterns, England, Seedlip is a nature company dedicated […]
The whisky appears on the face of it to be full of high rollers. It doesn’t seem to matter how much a bottle costs they sell out and fast but I believe this is all an illusion. For sure looking at the world as a whole there is enough people available to buy 4 or […]
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