30.06.18
Feis Ile Dinner, Ardnahoe, Some Tastings and a Beaver’s Rear End
June 2018 The month’s hot news is that Edrington have put The Glenturret Distillery/brand and the Cutty Sark brand up for sale. It’s been covered in other websites and on …
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29.05.18
Islay, More Tasting and A Fabulous Whisky Book
May, 2018 I’m about to run off to Islay to do my 16th annual dinner for Feis Ile at the Port Charlotte Hotel. As ever, some of the whisky and …
28.05.18
Isle of Jura New Range – Very Far from Ordinary
Interview with Blender/Whiskymaker, Gregg Glass and Global Head of Brand, Kirsteen Beeston Jura’s new Signature Series range was launched earlier in the spring this year. An interview with the two …
30.04.18
New Jura, Kilchoman & Compass Box, Yet Another Islay & What Whisky Matches Pringles?
April, 2018 Well, here we are on the last day of April and just getting in under the wire with the April column. Reason being I was waiting for the …
26.04.18
The Whisky Ambassador Guide: Absinthe
Driven by Lost Loch’s production of the first “Scottish absinthe” “Murmican” late last year, some wondered what had driven the company to produce such an outdated spirit, particularly one with …
23.04.18
The Whisky Ambassador Guide to English Whisky
With the resurgent worldwide interest in Scotch, our southern neighbours’ interest in whisky sadly often doesn’t get a look in. However, England does have a history of producing single malt, …
30.03.18
Whisky & Chocolate, More Tasting Notes, Does Aged Have to Be Expensive?
Here we are at Easter weekend again (so soon?) and a person’s thoughts turn to mega amounts of chocolate. Well, this person’s thoughts do. Is whisky hard to match with …
27.03.18
International Whisky Day
It’s our favourite day of the year- International Whisky Day! Wherever you are today, you can take a minute or two to toast your own special experiences with ‘Scotland in …
21.03.18
Whisky Ambassador Guide to Frankfurt
Despite German-made whisky’s late start, Whisky in Germany is still a relatively recent phenomenon. Having only started in the last 30 years, the fan base of the spirit is still …
08.03.18
The Whisky Ambassador – Happy International Women’s Day!
In 2012, Jo Graham and Sue Beatt founded the Whisky Ambassador with nothing more than a deep passion to enhance knowledge of Scotland’s national drink. Whilst providing accredited training about …