LIVING THE DRAM
Where better to enjoy the newly revived core range of Old Pulteney whiskies than in the new tasting room at the Pulteney distillery? Well, that was the privilege that the WU team got to experience recently. For notes on the distillery itself, see our separate post here. For the main event itself though, here are... Continue Reading →
Last Friday (20th Oct) the Whisky Unplugged boys set off on a road trip to Norfolk for a weekend of camping, jokes and drams. The primary target en route was, of course, the English Whisky Company (EWC, formerly the St George's Distillery). Whilst S and T had been to the distillery before, this was a... Continue Reading →
When the WU guys were putting together a trip to visit Speyside, needless to say that we were spoilt for choice. With over half of Scotland's distilleries being based in the area surrounding the meandering River Spey, and none of our 4-strong troop having been to the region before, we were living and breathing the... Continue Reading →
On Wednesday 24th May, courtesy of the good folk at Chester Beer and Wine, I recently attended a Mackmyra tasting evening. The session took a couple of hours and saw the assembled collective taste our way through 7 of Mackmyra's current expressions. The evening was curated by a locally-based rep, Alex Johnson, who really packed... Continue Reading →
It's fair to say that whenever I get to visit a Scottish town then the trip is usually based around the distillery. With Oban, this happens to be the case for the entire town itself! Oban distillery was legally established in 1794 and the town has since been very much built around it. Set in... Continue Reading →
It is fair to say that, as appreciators of scotch whisky, a trip to Speyside had got the Whisky Unplugged boys into high spirits (so to speak), and one of the experiences that we were most looking forward to was the cask strength whisky tasting booked in at Aberlour. At £35 per head, this was... Continue Reading →
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