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18.08.24

Tomatin Sherry Collection on Taste; Music with Your Whisky; Matugga Rum

Hello everyone, As promised last time, I‘m looking at the other two whiskies in the Tomatin Sherry Collection. First of all, though, I was privileged again to help judge for …

31.07.24

House of Hazelwood Blends; The Glendronach; Tomatin Sherry Collection

Hello everyone This time, the tasting notes on the two House of Hazelwood blends I mentioned last column. Plus, The Glendronach has a new campaign out as well as a …

17.07.24

House of Hazelwood Tastings; Duncan Taylor Gets Royal Approval; Loch Lomond Whiskies 50 Year Old.

Hello everyone Some lovely samples kindly sent to me a short while ago but was advised they were under embargo so I‘ve had to hold over the column till today. …

30.06.24

Two Glen Morays, One Islay Rum but No Partridge in a Pear Tree

Hello everyone Catching up this time on samples that have been waiting for a few weeks in the tasting queue and my cold is now gone. One is the latest …

19.06.24

Big Peat & Laphroaig Elements 2.0 on Taste; Highland Park in Istanbul

Hello everyone Well, there were meant to be more samples on taste this week but I‘ve been away and now have a rotten cold. It‘s not fair to write a …

31.05.24

Feis Ile Dinner; Cu Bocan and Kilchoman on Taste

Hello everyone I‘m writing this one on the ferry home from Islay after another successful Feis Ile whisky dinner at The Port Charlotte Hotel. It‘s always a joy to go …

23.05.24

Isle of Raasay, Label 5 Single Grain, Bladnoch and Kilchoman Loch Gorm on Taste; More Feis Ile Bottlings

Hello everyone A bit of a delay this time as I‘ve been agonising over the whisky matches for my Feis Ile dinner menu for ages. Usual stress! A clutch of …

30.04.24

Feis Ile Draws Near; Revamp for Tiree; R&B Campbeltown; Glenglassaugh Supports the Boats

Hello everyone A quiet month end as there are some new samples awaited and you may have seen most of the last couple of weeks‘ news in any drinks trade …

14.04.24

Kilchoman Batch Strength & Cocktail Competition; The Glasgow Distillery Calvados Cask Finish; Cardrona The Falcon; Demeter Collection Auction Hello everyone For those to whom it‘s relevant we‘ve now got the …

31.03.24

Port Ellen Reawakens; On Taste – Port Charlotte 18 & Scallywag Chocolate Edition; Glen Scotia/Campbeltown Whisky Festival; Read The Cut & follow The Demeter Auction; Aberdeenshire Visits

Hello everyone An embarrassment of riches on the tasting front this time but am featuring only two for now. First up this time, there was a media release recently to …