The Unfair Blind Taste Challenge

I don’t really know what started this but I decided I would rope in a handful of people and give them some free samples. I only told them that is was whisky of some description and what the strength was. In return I asked them to come back with there opinions on each one in […]

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The #Whisky100Challenge Attempt 2

Ok so take two and this is my more serious attempt the challenge I set myself. The rules for this challenge are laid out in my original post which you can find here. Bottle 1 – The Ileach Peaty Price – £22.50 Size – 70cl Bottle 2 – Oban 14 Year Old Price – £14.50 […]

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The #Whisky100Challenge Attempt 1

This one will be a cheaty one to start with. This attempt is only using supermarketing in the UK and giving prices using the cheapest every recorded prices for those malts over the last 12 months. Clearly, this is cheating but I wanted to show that if the moon’s align for you then you can […]

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The #Whisky100Challenge

Whisky is expensive. It has always been expensive but it feels like today it is too expensive to drink. How many people would be ok opening and drinking bottles that cost £500 or £1000. Buying bottles for a collection is one thing but actually opening them is not something I could stomach very often (ever). […]

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