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I don’t talk about blended whisky very often and I know I probably should. Everyone will tell you the blended whisky market is the bread and butter which supports almost the entire operation in Scotland. This might be true but too much is just not drinkable for me and that is probably a problem. If […]
At just the moment I caught up with the advent calendar at the start of the week I fell behind again! Regardless, I left this off feeling like we had a glut of samples which were all very same-y. The 9th day has changed all that with a 22 year old blended whisky. Blended whiskies […]
The last time out I introduced this relatively new bottler The Islay Boys. The backstory being I found this bottle going cheap around the same time as the company announced a crowd funding exercise to expand into distilling Whisky and Rum. With the chatting out of the way the important work begins of tasting the first […]
The last review was of the Chivas Regal 12 and that miniature was from a special kit I got for Christmas. The Chivas as home blending experience takes an idea you get at a few distilleries into the comfort of your house so you don’t need to visit Scotland (although do give it a go […]
Near where I live there is Chivas vehicles everywhere. Each morning I see tankers moving liquid around the country and company cars displaying the Chivas brand making their way to work. On my way to the gym I pass what is, at least for now, a Chivas office as well. I have tried a number […]
The internet is littered with whisky blogs written by people all over the world. Each one has a goal and more often than not it is to driven views and make themselves known to producers and distributors to get access to whiskies we simply cannot afford. What this means is the content is all about […]
This is a review of a blended whisky which carries an age statement, has nice packaging and has been a stable in whisky collections for decades. The Brand The Islay Mist brand story starts at Islay House in 1922 when a bespoke blend was created for the 21st birthday party for the son of the […]
This review is on a rather interesting conceptualised blended whisky. This blend from the Lakes Distillery in Cumbria contains whisky from all over the British Isles. It has been developed to bring in initial cash into the distillery while they wait their stocks maturing and to grow brand awareness for what they are up to […]
This is the second article in our Johnnie Walker series a review of the Double Black expression. A “Distiller’s Edition” of the Black label bottle if you like. The History The Johnnie Walker name starts in Kilmarnock which is a town in Ayrshire on the west of Scotland. A 14 year old boy called John […]
This is the first in a three part series on Johnnie Walker and their smoky offerings in the range. The first part will look at the Black Label release, followed by the more recent Double Black bottle before finishing with an historical article on the history of the brand and the town of Kilmarnock in […]
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