So, 500 posts eh? Who would have believed? When I started blogging in English about whisky, I never thought I’d reach 500 posts, and now […]
Celebrating 500 posts with Highland Park 40
Month: August 2012
Diageo Announce 2012 Limited Edition Special Releases
It’s this time of year again, and Diageo the spirits giant is revealing its 2012 whisly special releases. not a lot to add other than […]
Tasting 3 new Wemyss malts single casks (latest batch)
A couple of month ago Wemyss released 5 new single casks to their Single cask collection, and continuing their recent trend, they do disclose which […]
Yes, you really can combine Irish Whiskey & Music with Surfing
Richard Barr is a member of the Whisky Israel tasting society , a blog correspondent at times, and a good whisky friend and big whisky […]
Whisky News Friday 23rd August
It’s hot, and it’s summer and most of you are/were/will be on vacation. But that is soon to end. Here in the meantime, a few […]
Tasting Cambus 24 yo (Bladnoch Forum)
Moving back in time to the remains of my Bladnoch bottle share samples. This time we’re dealing with Cambus (Camb-what?! you ask?), So, yeah. Cambus […]
SMWS 5.29 – ‘Freesias crushed by an escaping car’–Auchentoshan 11 yo
Not all single casks are great, and not all blended mats are mediocre. A saying I just invented, but it’s true. I’ve been tasting quite […]
Whisky Israel goes on summer vacation
As the 500th post is nearing, it’s only fit to take a wee vacation before diving into the 500th celebratory drams. also… It’s that time […]
Tasting SMWS 7.65 ‘A Balm for the Soul’–Longmorn 21 yo
So, A Longmorn with a very enticing name : “A balm for the soul”. here’s to it delivering that promise… 2nd fill Sherry butt, and […]
Tasting SMWS 35.51, Glen Moray “Every Flavour Beans”
My Second Glen Moray tasting note on the blog (the first was a Duncan Taylor), and the fourth from the SMWS bottle share series. distilled […]