Based just outside of Glasgow city centre, Auchentoshan (pronounced 'ock-un-tosh-un') prides itself on the purity created via its triple distillation. This process and the local water source result in Auchentoshan producing relatively delicate whiskies, distinctive of the lowland regions also antiqautedly referred to as "ladies' drams". It is the flavours from this process and their... Continue Reading →
Best Of The West Festival 2015 – Day 1
My trip to the 2015 Best Of The West Festival (or "Bowfest" as simply referred to) was a journey two years in the making and it did not disappoint! Pretty much two years ago to the day, WU embarked on their first Islay road trip. Having started out from the south of England, it took... Continue Reading →
Colour By Numbers – A Lagavulin Case Study
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 →