LIVING THE DRAM
It was only a few weeks ago that WU was reporting on the (literal) launch of Suntory's space experiment, however the last week has seen two more dalliances with the beyond courtesy of Ardbeg and Ballantine's. Firstly, Ardbeg's Dr Bill Lumsden has now released his White Paper finding on the 2011 experiment to find the... Continue Reading →
It might seem off-topic to talk about a musician on a blog that's dedicated to whisky, but when you talk about Ian Fraser Kilmister, then the two are synonymous. Now in his 40th year as the singer, songwriter and bassist of the loudest band on the planet, Lemmy is world-renowned as one of the foremost... Continue Reading →
It is fair to say that there is a lot of money in the whisky industry. Japanese dram giants Suntory are more than proving this fact by sending a batch of whiskies up to the International Space Station in the name of science! Whilst this may have been done before, it still is hard to... Continue Reading →
Literally... The latest Laphroaig marketing campaign is currently inviting its twitter followers to tweet comments with the hashtag #BIGOPINIONS and the successful ones are being projected onto the side of the distillery's infamous white walls... This isn't the first time that we've written about Laphroaig, and probably won't be the last, as we at WU... Continue Reading →
It is a fair statement that the scotch-drinking world can be snobby, elitist and strongly opinionated - indeed it is our mission statement in the "About WU" section that we try to look beyond the divide - but one argument that is progressively resonating throughout the whisky communities (whether elitist or otherwise) is the role... Continue Reading →
As the 200th birthday celebrations continue, the good folk at Laphroaig have announced the release of this year's Cairdeas release, which is (not surprisingly) limited in numbers and exclusively available to the Friends of Laphroaig. Whilst it is hardly an exclusive club, given that it is free for anyone to join, as ever you've got... Continue Reading →
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