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16.01.23

Whisky Honours; HP Whisky Dinner; NFTs; New Flavours; New from Wemyss; Karuizawa Lives Again; Scottish Government Ignorance

Hello and Happy New Year If you live in the UK, you may have read that Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo, has been given a knighthood in the new King‘s …

29.12.22

Best Whisky Bars, Glen Moray on Taste, Favourite Whiskies, Looking Forward to 2023

Hello everyone I hope you and your businesses had a great Christmas. We can now look forward to the end of 2022 and hope for better things in 2023. Here …

19.12.22

New Appointment, Awards, Watching Your Whisky, U3A Tasting, Tasting Notes

Hello everyone Good news for December starts with word that Kirsten Grant Meikle of Wm. Grant, producers of Glenfiddich, Balvenie, Grant‘s Scotch Whisky, Ailsa Bay, Monkey Shoulder, Hendrick‘s Gin, Tullamore …

30.11.22

Dominic Roskrow, More Elusive Expressions, Super-aged Macallans & More

Hello Everyone I‘d just like to start this week by paying my own small tribute to Dominic Roskrow who recently passed away suddenly at the age of 61. Many of …

19.11.22

Tiree, Fettercairn and Elusive Expressions (Part 1)

Well, we‘ll soon be at partridge in a pear tree time again and you might be looking for something to give your true love or for them to give you, …

31.10.22

Ireland, Campbeltown and Islay on Taste; SWA & Influencers; Peaty Salt

Hello everyone I did say last time that I have a backlog of whiskies to taste due to holidays and a bad cold. Well, we‘ll try to make inroads into …

21.10.22

Nasal Misery!; Ardbeg Does Hotels; Diageo Special Releases; Northern Highland Food & Drink Tourism; Witchy Whisky

Hello everyone I have a backlog of whisky samples to nose/taste and write about which have turned up in the last month and hoped to include a number of them …

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 …

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 …