An easy going blog for easy going malts
At last the final full size review of the tweet tasting from the Boutique-y Whisky Company held in March 2017. My thanks go to the Boutique-y Whisky Company for providing the samples and being involved in the event. Additionally, my thanks to the team at the Whisky Wire for their organisation of this event and […]
So the runner up position for me in the Boutique-y tweet tasting went to the only grain whisky on the night. I do enjoy an older cask driven grain whisky. The more neutral spirit off the still provides a great canvas for wood to be centre stage in the glass. The Loch Lomond distillery is […]
The third review from the Boutique-y Whisky Company in conjunction with the Whisky Wire and we are hitting our stride with the kind of whisky I enjoy. This is a review of a very well aged independently bottled whisky from the Glenrothes distillery. The official releases of Glenrothes are also independent bottlings weirdly. While Highland […]
For the second review of five in this mini series we have a secret distillery single malt bottled after 15 years in cask. The actual distillery involved can be deduced from the lovely artwork in the label but there is no written mention of it. Why do independent bottlers withhold this information from their customers? […]
Today is St Patrick’s Day and if you are a regular user of any kind of social media in the UK you will be very much aware of this fact. Since I got a very interesting and exclusive sample of an Irish single malt recently it seems like the perfect time to make a review […]
This is a seriously interesting bottling that I have been looking forward to trying. I love Islay and I love the whiskies that are produced there. With 8 distilleries now working flat out to meet demand it is almost a condensed version of all the styles available on the mainland. There really is something for […]
