12.02.21
Hello Everyone Well, this whisky and chocolate thing is certainly gathering pace for Valentine’s Day but don’t let it be so restrictive event-wise. As someone who advocated and ran whisky …
30.01.21
So, did you celebrate Burns Night and what did you drink with your haggis? I had a teaspoon or two of Benriach Smoky 10 on the haggis as I hadn’t …
18.01.21
Hello Everyone My first work task this year has been to interview Sandy Hyslop, Director of Blending and Inventory at Chivas Bros. (Pernod Ricard) and what a pleasurable hour it …
12.01.21
Just an interim note to say that the mystery of Dr. Kirstie McCallum’s move (my end December blog) has been solved. She’s moved to Halewood Spirits to help them develop …
30.12.20
Hello Everyone Looking back over the year, even more whisky distilleries have opened or been announced as plans (amongst them Eight Doors at John O’Groats; Wolfcraig in Stirling) while others …
16.12.20
Hello Everyone Firstly this month, I had a note last week from Dr. Nick Morgan, author of the recently published “ Johnnie Walker – A Long Stride”, to tell me …
30.11.20
Hello Everyone A couple of new whiskies on taste and, as promised, a revisit of Octomore 11.2 as I thought it would be good to try it again on its …
17.11.20
Hello Everyone I was going to post this yesterday but received a release embargoed till today so here we are. Quite useful timing too, as a release about some new …
31.10.20
Hello! An abundance of material again this time and where to start what to include? Well, as I tasted the Benriachs some time ago and I didn‘t want them lost …
16.10.20
Some snippets to start before we get down to tasting notes this time. I‘ve been sent an embarrassment of riches to nose/taste in recent weeks and just yesterday two new …