An easy going blog for easy going malts
The independent market for Scotch Single Malt whisky seems pretty congested but there is always people willing to buy Islay whisky at any price point. The Big Strand is a single malt Islay brand from Morrison & MacKay who also bring us the Carn Mor and Old Perth brands and operates mostly at the value […]
With this third review from the new Discovery range we change colour of packaging from Green to silvery grey. I guess this is to somehow symbolise the smoke clouds or something. As it happens I have a couple of other similar Caol Ila’s to compare this to. I have the official 12 Year Old as a […]
As an interesting set of articles I thought I would review the Connoisseurs Choice Caol Ila from Gordan & MacPhail against the Caol Ila 12 Year Old offical bottling. This independent small batch release comes out every year and is in the same presentation which we harp on about here. The natural colour and non chill […]
Caol Ila might be the powerhouse industrial distillery on Islay but it is one which I find hugely enjoyable. Having visited twice and toured once the actual production facility is more focused on quality than you might be forgiven to expect with some of the blog articles out there. The distillery might not be much […]
The Diageo Distiller’s Edition range of whiskies is a more premium range which runs across the “Classic Malts” group of distiller’s. Some of which have already been reviewed here but the complete range is: Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition Cragganmore Distiller’s Edition Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition Oban Distiller’s Edition Dalwhinnie Distiller’s Edition Talisker Distiller’s Edition Glenkinchie Distiller’s […]
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