There has been quite a stir on social media, mainly on Facebook (I know, REAL life is not happening ON Facebook), regarding the latest offering […]
The Laphroiag ‘Select’ NAS fiasco – My take
Darkness! Macallan 15 Year Old Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish
Continuing the very interesting line of Sherry cask finished single malts from Master of Malt (Maverick Drinks). This time they took a 15 year old […]
A most unusual Mortlach or Pastille Bouquet 1998 – Wemyss Malts (Mortlach)
Mortlach. what comes to mind when you think about a Mortlach single malt? probably heavily sherried, dirty sort of, meaty and powerful with the signature […]
The new Tomatin vintage 1988
If you remember , a month a go I posted about the changes in the Tomatin core range, mainly the addition of the new 14 […]
Darkness! Ardbeg 21 Year Old Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish
Question: What’s the shortest time span known to mankind? Answer: It’s the time it takes a single cask Ardbeg to sell out on any Whisky […]
Whisky PR Corner for Friday May 16th , 2014
Bitter Bastards! Cocktail Bitters Made with Centrifugal Force UK Drinks Distributor Maverick Drinks is proud to announce the launch of Bitter Bastards—a groundbreaking, state-of-the-art new […]
Lord Elcho Blended whisky (NAS)
The latest addition from Wemyss Malts, after the successful 15 year old similar blended whisky. This contains a fairly high percentage of malt (40%) and […]
Peat Smoked Herring 2001 – Wemyss Malts (Bowmore) in preparation for #WemyssTT3
It’s Thursday and tonight we’re having another twitter tasting of Wemyss malts (the new Lord Elcho,Peat chimney 8 yo and two single casks). To get […]
The Glenrothes vintage 2001
Time for some Glenrothes (inspired by some tweets I’ve seen yesterday from my friend Dave who’s visiting the distillery [you lucky dog!]). This is the […]
SMWS G1.8 – ‘A bag of assorted boiled sweets’ Single Grain
It’s been some time since i posted notes for a SMWS bottling. I have quite a few i should be tasting (arranged samples from latest […]