An easy going blog for easy going malts
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 […]
During the summer of last year I took a little long weekend to jump across to the Isle of Arran. Being an ayrshire boy from the west coast of Scotland it was very much a busman’s holiday. I have been to Arran many times but all as a child so this was my first time […]
The Arran distillery has been quite quiet this year so far I think. Very recently they announced a new series of special editions in the Explorer Series which starts with a 20 year old sherry matured expression at a decent £130 a bottle. Up to then though there social media and marketing has been very […]
After our tour of the distillery we had to find somewhere to eat. Being at the north end of the island unable to drive and without any chance of getting a taxi our options were limited to the island. Lochranza hotel is a small family run hotel with a traditional Scottish bar open to the […]
Last weekend I was on the Isle of Arran for a relaxing overnight stay. Arran is a large ayrshire island fairly close to the mainland which is commonly a day trip location for Scottish people looking to experience some of the unique Scottish landscape. Other than the distillery we visited the following great attractions: Auchrannie […]
Another sample I am very grateful to get from the Yorkshire based Claxton’s. I really like the Arran distillery and this is the oldest expression I have tried so I am hoping for something interesting. The Distillery The Arran distillery started production in 1995 as an independent business by Harold Currie who recently passed away. […]
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