An easy going blog for easy going malts
At last I have made it to Christmas Eve. In every box on every year I have done this it has been a well aged blend of grain on Christmas Eve. This 28 year old Cambus is perhaps on the younger side of them but it follows the pattern we have come to expect. The […]
Another Ben Nevis and this time much older. A 21 year old Ben Nevis is something which just from the spec sheet I want to be good. I want it so have mellowed and have thick wood influence which complements the spirit but doesn’t over power. I want to feel the age but know its […]
The one good thing I like about these packs is the variation. These are quick and inexpensive ways to try new whiskies and new categories of whisky. This Heaven Hill Corn whiskey is exactly that kind of thing. I have to admit I wouldn’t know where to start on picking a full sized bottles of […]
I’ve started so I will finish. Christmas this year has not gone to plan and its now the 8th of January and I am just getting around to the 21st day of the Christmas Advent Calendar. Its a bit of a shame but I am determined to get this stuff out there so here we […]
There are a lot of articles here now and there are quite a few distilleries represented. Some more than once but many have not been covered at all. Linkwood is a distillery which I thought I had tried before but after a search here it appears that it wasn’t the case. The Distillery The Linkwood […]
Tomato or Tomatin who knows what its called but the distillery is a large and industrial building near Inverness in Scotland. I have visited the distillery shop once while holidaying in Aviemore a few years back but there wasn’t enough time for a tour. Part of the coach holiday circuit the tours were packed out […]
The last time we had Rye in the calendar I mentioned it was my first try of the stuff. Well we are back for the second installment and this time its a PX finish. PX is a strong and sickly sweet sherry used for pouring over ice-cream in Spain. Its quite a bold flavour and […]
English whiskies are a growing market and one which I haven’t enjoyed yet. There is a number of difficult distilleries in their early stages of production but I have often left perhaps commercial pressures are leading to whisky being released before it is ready. Cotswold have an official release out which I haven’t tried but […]
Ok so yesterday was a tale of two halves. Expensive whisky but good whisky. Macduff is a distillery which doesn’t have the same cult following as the probable producer of yesterdays Islay so perhaps this while be more reasonable in price. The Distillery The Macduff distillery is not a great looking distillery as you can […]
wow things are getting out of hand here with the reviews. I am sitting down to write them up on the 22nd with over a week of reviews to do. Christmas is a time for family and joy and this family has been struggling with Chicken Pox, dance shows, babies, broken washing machines and more […]
