LIVING THE DRAM
For St. Andrews Day over the weekend, I revisited something of a Scottish institution: Johnnie Walker Black Label. The John Walker & Sons whisky machine has been running since their grocery opened in 1820. Whisky sales from the store led to them launching their own blended scotch whisky in 1865. What was originally their “Old... Continue Reading →
So often, a new whisky appears on the market which represents a brilliant new venture from an impassioned new business. I can't help but love the drive and ambition that new players have. It is refreshing however to see a new whisky arrive which is the result and celebration of a collaboration from known names... Continue Reading →
Created to celebrate the vibrant history of the Port of Leith and its links to the whisky industry, Kinloch Anderson have collaborated with Whisky Consultant Blair Bowman, Master Blenders Woven and the Leith Export Co to curate this first limited release blend - Pleated to Sett. The first in The Kiltmaker Series - a collection... Continue Reading →
We have been fortunate enough to feature a fair few posts on this site about the Douglas Laing & Co Remarkable Regional Malts series - click here for more. The range of blended malt whiskies look to celebrate each of the traditional whisky making regions of Scotland. Having started out with a single core release... Continue Reading →
The Douglas Laing series of Remarkable Regional Malts has essentially established itself as the beginner’s guide to Scotland’s traditional whisky making regions. Each core bottling is a vatting of malts from different distilleries within the region to showcase the hallmark profiles from that area. Rock Island represents the signature characteristics of the distilleries one islands... Continue Reading →
Originally known as Minden Day - a military nod to the Battle of Minden during the Seven Years War - in more recent times, the 1st of August has been referred to as Yorkshire Day: the celebration of all things from “God’s Own Country”. Of the many great things to come from Yorkshire, probably the... Continue Reading →
whisky unplugged 