anCnoc Peter Arkle Limited Edition No.4 ‘Warehouses’ anCnoc Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky has announced the fourth and final limited edition release in the coveted […]
Whisky PR corner–October 18th 2013
Month: October 2013
Glen Garioch Virgin Oak – NAS
The Virgin oak phenomena is growing like an epidemic, and it seems that every single distillery is jumping on the bandwagon. Not that there is […]
Bowmore 23 year old Port matured (2013 release)
This Bowmore has been released a few months ago (august or so) and has spent its life inside port casks for the entire 23 years.I […]
Tasting the Tweeddale blend batch #4
It’s always exciting when Alasdair releases a new batch of his splendid small batch blend called the Tweeddale. I’ve been following the Tweeddale and tasting […]
Is it Xmas already? Big peat says it is!
So, Another Xmas edition of one of the best blended malts of Islay profile you can find, Big peat, and this time a brand new […]
The New Glenrothes Manse Brae Collection (Travel Retail)
I’m Very glad to be able to feature some new Glenrothes tasting notes on the blog. God knows I’ve not tasted anything new from the […]
Book review : Malt Whisky Yearbook 2014
It’s October, and It’s time for the annual MWYB. I’ve written and reviewed this book for the last 3 or 4 years, and I don’t […]
Brenne–French single malt whisky
What a strange timing : tomorrow we’re about to have a French Twitter tasting (no idea what the whiskies are) arrange by @LaCaveDeCobalt (so keep […]
Octomore 6.1 Scottish barley–the new Peat monster?
I’ve been following Octomore since it’s early days a few years ago, when I started drinking more and more peated Islays and was looking for […]
Old Particular Glen Garioch 21 yo –Douglas Laing
Douglas Laing’s Old Particular is a a relative new series of single cask expressions bottled at Premium strengths , without colouring and without chill filtration. […]