An easy going blog for easy going malts
It’s been a while but we are back just before the start of June. The last article was on a wolfburn sent out from Whisky-Me. This article to mark returning to writing is also from Whisky-Me and its also close to my Ayrshire roots. The Ailsa Bay distillery is a relatively new distillery built on […]
This the first review I have done from Wolfburn. I have had bottles of others of tried samples of them and never really written anything about the distillery. I have to admit I didn’t like the first few releases from the distillery which included a quarter cask expression and a sherry finished expression. Both of […]
Its about time for another Bruichladdich review as we know this is something of a regular occurrence here. There is loads of reviews and articles about the Bruichladdich distillery here on Malted which can all be read using this link. The Dram The Islay barley series taps into the distilleries obsession with Terrior. Previous versions […]
The Remarkable Malts series has been heavily reviewed on this site over the last year. The complete list to date includes: Rock Oyster 18 Year Old Big Peat Rock Oyster Scallywag Cask Strength No.2 Scallywag Timorous Beastie 10 Year Old Timorous Beastie The Epicurean The latest instalment is the premium Gold Edition bottle of Big […]
This is a post I have been meaning to do for some time. After the Tullibardine 225 Sauternes Cask Finish review I couldn’t bring myself to finish anymore of the bottle. It is genuinely one of the worst whiskies I have ever bought or indeed tried so I used the remainder as the base for an infinity […]
If there is one thing we have had a lot of recently its Glengoyne reviews. At this stage I am pretty much done with the distillery for the rest of the year. However, once more into the breach we go for the new limited edition series which had recently been put on sale. No this […]
Cochrane Cartwright was the distillery manager of Glengoyne until his death at the age of 43 in the cooling pool behind the distillery. Today, he is credited with bringing the technique of slow distillation to the distillery and started the use of sherry casks which has since become the house style. Cochrane was a simple […]
