31.07.22
Luxury Casks, Aussie Whisky, Abandoning Peat?
Hello everyone In my Sunday newspaper magazine today there are two (two, dammit!) ads for whisky cask investment companies. No escaping these people! One of them has been in the …
31.07.22
Hello everyone In my Sunday newspaper magazine today there are two (two, dammit!) ads for whisky cask investment companies. No escaping these people! One of them has been in the …
18.07.22
While over on Islay for Feis Ile, I managed to meet new (well, since November) manager, Barry MacAffer who agreed to an interview which we managed to do a couple …
29.06.22
Hello Everyone A recent addition to the inbox was news from Douglas Laing & Co. about a new edition of their Rock Island malt whisky – Rock Island Mezcal Cask …
18.06.22
Well, Feis Ile got to come back and it‘s been and gone for another year and I went off on holiday a few days later. I promised last time to …
31.05.22
A Twitter alert last week took me to an opinion piece by Dr. Nick Morgan (now retired from Diageo) for the Master of Malt website. Definitely worth reading especially if …
16.05.22
Hello everyone Just this last weekend, thieves broke into the Glenfarclas Distillery visitor centre and stole over £100,000 of whisky during the night. An alarm must have gone off but …
30.04.22
Hello With spring well under way here, West of Scotland weather has turned from warm but breezy to rain. Good for the ground and river water supplies though rather disappointing …
19.04.22
Hello and belated Happy Easter if it‘s something you celebrate. I‘m afraid it‘s more of a chocolate feast for me. It‘s been one of those months where there weren‘t many …
04.04.22
Hello Everyone (A little addendum first. You‘ll be seeing this a little later than intended as I started to write this while away in Paris but hotel wifi wasn‘t good/fast …
15.03.22
Hello Less blog and more newsy bits this time as I wait for answers to certain questions. A sample of the new Kilchoman Madeira Cask Matured mentioned in the last …