30.09.18
Whisky Liqueur, Ghouls & Ghosties, New Releases & Alternative Facts
No tasting notes for a whisky this month as all samples promised have not yet arrived. However, I do have a note on a whisky liqueur. It’s called Aelder and …
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01.09.18
Fettercairn Launch, A Whinge, Northumberland Distillery, 2 New Highland Parks
August 30th 2018 It seems to be an unwritten rule of this writing business that no sooner have you written and posted a monthly column than something else really interesting …
29.07.18
Port Ellen Auction; On Taste – Another new Highland Park and ANOTHER new Jura plus Scallywag “Dog Years”
July 2018 Hello all and I hope everyone’s enjoyed the heat and sun we’ve had till recently. I’m taking full credit for bringing that weather back from the south of …
04.07.18
The Whisky Ambassador Guide to: Pittsburgh, PA
There are few cities in North America that can boast as proud a Whiskey history as Pittsburgh, a story of brave and thrifty settlers making use of everything at their …
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 …
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the first “Scottish absinthe” “Murmican” late last year, some wondered what had driven the company to produce such an outdated spirit, particularly one with …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, …