23.09.22
Two Tasting Notes & A Comic Book
Hello everyone First tasting note is a new expression that Jo from The Whisky Ambassador has purchased to bottle and be made available to successful TWA course delegates. All I …
Notes
30.08.22
60 Glorious Years!; Peated Waterford; New from Tiree; Rare Drops; Raasay Gin
Hello everyone First of all congratulations must go to David Stewart of Wm. Grant & Sons, now being feted for his 60 years in the industry. Such an achievement. I‘ve …
16.08.22
The Greens Go after The Angels‘ Share; World‘s Smallest Whisky Bar; The Glendronach Expands; Talisker’s New Look
It seems the Green Party influence in Scottish government has expanded even further into Scotch Whisky. They already don‘t like peat use even though its application in Scotch Whisky accounts …
31.07.22
Luxury Casks, Aussie Whisky, Abandoning Peat?
Hello everyone In my Sunday newspaper magazine today there are two (two, dammit!) ads for whisky cask investment companies. No escaping these people! One of them has been in the …
18.07.22
Interview with Barry MacAffer, Laphroaig Distillery Manager
While over on Islay for Feis Ile, I managed to meet new (well, since November) manager, Barry MacAffer who agreed to an interview which we managed to do a couple …
29.06.22
Rock Island Mezcal Cask on Taste; Elixir Buys The Tormore; A Royal Tribute
Hello Everyone A recent addition to the inbox was news from Douglas Laing & Co. about a new edition of their Rock Island malt whisky – Rock Island Mezcal Cask …
18.06.22
Islay Dinner 2022; Islay Rum Open!; Laphroaig Cairdeas 2022; Jura Feis Bottling 2022
Well, Feis Ile got to come back and it‘s been and gone for another year and I went off on holiday a few days later. I promised last time to …
31.05.22
Did Corporates Ruin Feis Ile?; Big Peat Feis Ile 2022 & A New Epicurean; Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2022; Islay Rum
A Twitter alert last week took me to an opinion piece by Dr. Nick Morgan (now retired from Diageo) for the Master of Malt website. Definitely worth reading especially if …
16.05.22
Whisky Thieves!; New Timorous Beastie; Tamnavulin White Wine Cask; New Whisky Fest; Glengoyne Legacy; Want to Work on Dalmore/Jura/Tamnavulin?
Hello everyone Just this last weekend, thieves broke into the Glenfarclas Distillery visitor centre and stole over £100,000 of whisky during the night. An alarm must have gone off but …
30.04.22
Inaugural Advanced Course from TWA; Islay Dinner; Tasting Notes – Jura, The Glendronach; Raasay Revisited; Gelston Cocktail; New Managers
Hello With spring well under way here, West of Scotland weather has turned from warm but breezy to rain. Good for the ground and river water supplies though rather disappointing …