LIVING THE DRAM
When running a blog like this, it is always important to make sure that we make time to just enjoy drinking a whisky or two. No notes. Just a glass of the good stuff and some quality time. I've actually tried numerous new whiskies (new to me, anyway) over the Christmas break and found it... Continue Reading →
After 30 years of friendship and a lifetime of whisky appreciation, Saltire Rare Malt officially launched this summer during the Spirit of Speyside festival as a new independent bottler of fine single malt whiskies. Saltire Rare Malt has grown from a longstanding partnership between founders Nigel Heywood and Keith Rennie. Over three decades, the two... Continue Reading →
Out today!! It’s always exciting when a distillery releases a new core release. It symbolises the main team’s satisfaction with the flavours that they are able to create and a recipe that they can produce time and time again. Today’s “Bourbon Barrel” release is just the second core release to be named by the White... Continue Reading →
It is hard to imagine in today’s western world that the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol could be banned. Just over 100 years ago, that is exactly what happened in the United States. In 1919 the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified and the Volstead Act started the period better known as... Continue Reading →
Mackmyra has been selling its single malt whisky since 2002 and, as any new distillery would hope for, the bottles flew off the shelves and the Swedes were soon faced with the challenge of making a core range. Flash forward to 2010 when Mackmyra release Brukswhisky. The name means “mill whisky” and is a reference... Continue Reading →
My annual St. David’s Day post looks at another particularly Welsh instalment from a Welsh whisky maker. So much so, the name doesn’t have a direct English word to translate to. Hiraeth (pronounced “hear-eye-th”) is a traditional Welsh word which Penderyn describes as “a longing for your homeland, your heritage, and your very being”. I’ve... Continue Reading →
whisky unplugged 