LIVING THE DRAM
This week has seen the announcement that Laphroaig are bringing back their 15 year old bottling as part of the distillery's 200th anniversary celebrations. The 15 year old expression itself was cancelled around 5 years ago and from what I can recall, it was a pretty decent dram. Laphroaig has got the big marketing guns... Continue Reading →
You will sometimes hear whisky being referred to as ‘liquid gold’. This is mainly due to the value associated with it, but it also obviously refers to the various shades of golden beauty that the liquid can have. In spite of this however, when whisky is being made, the ‘new spirit’ that is created from... Continue Reading →
Having originally bought the first edition of this book as a gift for someone a few years back and then having continually referred back to it thereafter, I was lucky enough to have had the latest edition bought for me in return this Christmas. From the start then, you can tell that I'm a... Continue Reading →
Earlier this week we saw the launch of a new whisky within the Diageo family: Haig Club. This "collaboration" expression was launched by none other than David Beckham. With such a star involved it kinda feels like a real-life version of Bill Murray's Bob Harris advertising Suntory in the film Lost In Translation, albeit Mr Beckham... Continue Reading →
So... despite being a very close affair, Scotland has voted against its independence from the UK and the European Union. Firstly, we should state that we do not believe that the "no" vote was anti-patriotic. Far from it. If anything, it was a vote in favour of maintaining Scottish development. But... given that scotch whisky... Continue Reading →
If you enjoy a smoky kick to your whisky then chances are that you'll already know your best friend's name is 'peat'. Peat itself is quite an interesting entity (if you're into that sort of thing) and represents something that is hundreds of years in the making. Personally, I was pretty blown away to find... Continue Reading →
whisky unplugged 