28.01.25
Interview with Adam Hannett – Bruichladdich Head Distiller
Hello everyone. This is an interview I‘ve been hoping to do for quite a while and we finally got a date in both diaries earlier this month. Adam Hannett succeeded …
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13.01.25
Isle of Tiree First Release Launches
Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I think we‘re still allowed to say that just under two weeks into 2025. Last week the first whisky from Tiree in over 200 …
31.12.24
Octomores on Taste and 2024 Favourites; Top News
Hello everyone Last column for this year and I‘m looking at the latest release in the Octomore range from Bruichladdich. They launched a couple of months back but my samples …
21.12.24
Octomore series 15 – 10YO on Taste; Chivas Plan on Islay
Hello everyone A shorter one than usual this time. Not all of the whisky info that‘s come in has been of much interest or for comment. Also, I‘ve been away …
29.11.24
New from Douglas Laing; Craigellachies on Taste; Singleton on Top; Waterford in Administration
Hello everyone As promised before, the last two Ferg & Harris samples examined this time plus some news snippets. The Ferg & Harris bottlings are both Craigellachies with the same …
18.11.24
Two Islays, A Fettercairn, A Dalmore & A Tiree Update; Whisky Bar of the Year
Hello everyone First of all, an update on the upcoming whisky from Isle of Tiree. The guys there were kind enough to send me another sample to look at before …
31.10.24
Loch Lomond and 2 from Ferg & Harris on Taste; Douglas Laing Goes to India; Johnnie Walker Makes It a Million
Hello everyone Well, five Ferg & Harris samples turned up just after my last column, following their bottling delay. Each of them features a different wood finish. Stylish sample packages, …
15.10.24
Kilchoman and Isle of Raasay on Taste; New from Diageo, Loch Lomond and Bruichladdich; The Dalmore …In Hat Boxes?; Arran Children‘s Charity Auction with Ewan McGregor
Hello everyone Two promised samples arrived and are covered below. Another one or two to come before the end of month column. News-wise, I was pleased to hear that one …
30.09.24
Kilchoman on Taste; New Bottlings; Blend Musings; Islay Distillery Build Stops
Hello everyone A few things to muse over this time but, first of all, the sample of Kilchoman arrived and here are my notes on the Kilchoman 100% Islay 14th …
21.09.24
A Mixture: New Bottlings
Hello everyone Well, there was nothing really to say end of August so I agreed with Jo of TWA I‘d be back in September after my holiday in France topped …