Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19yo
Some very exciting news came out of Ardbeg a couple of weeks ago when they announced that, for the first time in 20 years, a new age statement expression will be joining the distillery’s core range....
View ArticleGlenfiddich Grand Cru – 23yo French Cuvée Finish
Glenfiddich has launched the first expression in what will become its ‘Grand’ Series, with the release of Grand Cru; a 23 year old whisky matured primarily in American Oak and finished in French Cuvée...
View ArticleIt’s Octomore, Jim, but not as we know it
I might just be getting old and becoming more sensitive to the cold, but the weather has taken a definite turn for the worse in Edinburgh. Early mornings now come with a dusting of light frost, my ‘big...
View ArticleThe Amber Light – Ben Nevis 1996
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few months, you’ll know that Dave Broom has released a fantastic documentary, The Amber Light, which looks at the culture surrounding Scotch whisky,...
View ArticleMidleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest
The Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelich collection is not only a byword (or byphrase?) for high quality, delicious single pot still whiskey, but it also stands for satisfying even the geekiest of geeky...
View ArticleArdbeg Blaaack Committee Release
Twenty years. Bloody hell. Remarkably, two decades have passed since the completion of Ardbeg’s resurrection, with the founding of their members club; the Ardbeg Committee. Since 2012 it’s been...
View ArticleRosebank 1993 Cask #433
Remember that magical week in October 2017 when all our whisky dreams seemed to come to life all at once? Monday: Port Ellen and Brora are reopening! Tuesday: Rosebank is reopening! By the Wednesday of...
View ArticleRedbreast Dream Cask Ruby Port Edition
It’s a bit like Christmas, isn’t it, the launch of the next Redbreast Dream Cask? The release happens once a year – usually to mark World Whisky Day in mid-May – I can barely sleep the night before,...
View ArticleA trip to Fettercairn… and a review of the 16yo & 22yo
Remember the days when we could shake hands with someone without simultaneously reaching for hand sanitiser, or sit side by side with strangers at dinner without having to submit to a throat swab, or...
View ArticleGlendronach The Kingsman 1989 29yo
Following on from the first collaboration between Glendronach and The Kingsman movies back in 2017, the two companies have once again teamed up to celebrate the release of the next instalment of the...
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