An easy going blog for easy going malts
In the last in the Christmas series we visit the smallest supermarket chain M&S Food. In the past I have picked up quite a few little gems in the spirits section. Truth be told in fact the M&S exclusives account for a large proportion of all the traffic to this blog. In true click bait […]
With Morrisons being such a bust last time I thought it might be a good time to bring out the big guns. Waitrose has the most high end whisky collection in all its stores of any of the major supermarkets which operate in Scotland. As we will see from the recommendations below they almost never […]
Kilmarnock is my hometown and has two claims two fame which are relevant here. The first is as the home of Johnnie Walker whisky until 2012 and the second is as the location of the first purpose-built Morrisons store in Scotland. An image of which is the feature of today’s next installment of Christmas Supermarket […]
Day three of our fast paced run through the UK supermarkets and we have went a little upmarket to Sainsburys which is perhaps thought of as being one step below Waitrose in the snob stakes. For the previous outings see: Christmas Supermarket Sweep – Tesco Christmas Supermarket Sweep – ASDA Glen Moray Classic Sherry […]
Yesterday we started a look at the supermarkets in the UK with ASDA. The range wasn’t very good and I know that in the smaller shops especially the range is even more restricted. In the past Tesco has sold a wide variety of Scottish whiskies in their Scottish stores at least. What I am hoping […]
Christmas is coming up which is prime whisky gift buying season. Supermarkets represent some of the best value for money in buying mass market whiskies but the variety can be quite limited. Coupled to that the stress of buying the wrong thing what should you be considering buying and what should you hope to pay? […]
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