LIVING THE DRAM
It was only a few weeks ago that WU was reporting on the (literal) launch of Suntory's space experiment, however the last week has seen two more dalliances with the beyond courtesy of Ardbeg and Ballantine's. Firstly, Ardbeg's Dr Bill Lumsden has now released his White Paper finding on the 2011 experiment to find the... Continue Reading →
Over the past couple of decades the world market has seen a strong rise to prominence for Japanese whiskies. Japan is currently the third largest national producers of whisky (behind Scotland and the US respectively) and there are countless volumes written about how it compares to the traditional Scotch whiskies. If you actually look into... Continue Reading →
Literally... The latest Laphroaig marketing campaign is currently inviting its twitter followers to tweet comments with the hashtag #BIGOPINIONS and the successful ones are being projected onto the side of the distillery's infamous white walls... This isn't the first time that we've written about Laphroaig, and probably won't be the last, as we at WU... Continue Reading →
It is a fair statement that the scotch-drinking world can be snobby, elitist and strongly opinionated - indeed it is our mission statement in the "About WU" section that we try to look beyond the divide - but one argument that is progressively resonating throughout the whisky communities (whether elitist or otherwise) is the role... Continue Reading →
As the 200th birthday celebrations continue, the good folk at Laphroaig have announced the release of this year's Cairdeas release, which is (not surprisingly) limited in numbers and exclusively available to the Friends of Laphroaig. Whilst it is hardly an exclusive club, given that it is free for anyone to join, as ever you've got... Continue Reading →
At WU we have a special place in our hearts for the drams of Islay, both peated and unpeated, and so we just wanted to wish everyone a good recovery from this year's Feis Ile, along with happy big birthdays to Laphroaig and Ardbeg who both turn 200 this year, and to Kilchoman for reaching... Continue Reading →
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