31.01.20
New Year, New Whiskies, New Distilleries, Nasty Tariffs
Happy New Year! It’s just the end of January and I allow myself the whole first month for those good wishes each year. Some new distillery news this month as …
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30.12.19
Douglas Laing & Co. Ltd. – Delightful & Delicious
The “delightful” is the company and the “delicious” is the whisky, just to avoid confusion. For the end of the year (where did it go?!) it’s the second in my …
30.11.19
Strong Tea, A Brace of Aberfeldy, Special Releases 2019 & How Valuable is Your Collection?
I hope we’ve all survived Hallowe’en and the onslaught of Christmas isn’t too daunting. If you’re owning or working in a bar/hotel/restaurant or retail store then being busy at this …
01.11.19
Witches, Ghosties and Ghoulies
31st October 2019 Those are three things not featuring in this month’s column but Happy Hallowe’en anyway. Should we really say Happy Hallowe’en or, better, Spooky or Creepy? Whichever, there …
30.09.19
Cognac Rocks, New Bruichladdichs and Tomatins & More
Hello I’d like to start this month by singing the praises of Martell Cognac and having a little comparison look at some aspects of cognac and whisky. It’s always good …
30.08.19
Profile: The Vintage Malt Whisky Company
In an occasional series I’ll be looking at some of the independent companies who don’t make the noise or have the shelf dominance of the big guys but are quietly …
31.07.19
Holyrood Gem Opens and an International Flavour to Tasting This Month
Hello all and I hope you’re enjoying a good summer or not too hard a winter wherever you’re reading this. On Tuesday 30th July, I was fortunate enough to attend …
30.06.19
Scotch Maturation Flexes; Tourism Boom; OBE for Diageo’s Dr. Jim Beveridge; New Expressions from Compass Box, Whyte & Mackay & Glengoyne and Much More
Well, I opened last month with news of the ballot for The Macallan Estate. For the first time I was successful and needed to contact them to acknowledge and …
25.06.19
Wemyss Malts add two new Highland Malt Whiskies to their Family Collection range
Family run whisky makers Wemyss Malts have released two additional bottlings into its Family Collection range of blended Scotch malt whiskies. They have named them ‘Blooming Gorse’ and ‘Flaming Feast’ …
31.05.19
Two Bens, Wandering Ducks, A Twisted Tattoo, No Name No. 2, Macallan Ballot, Podcasts & Whyte & Mackay Go Low
May, 2019 Hello! Just in today is news of a new Macallan expression The Macallan Estate and you can enter a ballot to buy one of the first bottles. However, …