LIVING THE DRAM
How do I/you/we rate whisky? With something so subjective as taste and preference, it really is up to you. Here, we could develop a scoring system and there are a few different versions of those out in the blogosphere, whether it’s a composite score out of a hundred, marked across different criteria, or just a... Continue Reading →
Next time you’re up in Speyside, don’t go looking for the Cù Bòcan Distillery! Set the sat nav for Tomatin and you’ll get to where you need to be! That’s because Cu Bocan / Cù Bòcan (“coo-bock-can”) is a seasonal release made by the team at Tomatin. For just one week a year, within the... Continue Reading →
The Glenrothes distillery has been making whisky since 1879 in its “quiet corner of Speyside”. Despite its heritage, it took over 100 years before it developed its own single malt brand, back in 1994. Since that time, the output of Glenrothes has fluctuated nearly as much as it’s ownership. The primary focus in that time... Continue Reading →
There are classics and there are all-time classics. The Oban 14 year old falls into the latter category. The spirit for this whisky has been produced the same way since the distillery was founded in the small fishing town of Oban back in 1794. Ever since the distillery found its feet and it’s distinctive recipe,... Continue Reading →
If you are a fan of Scotch whisky at all then it wouldn’t have gone unnoticed by you that Highland Park have quite an affinity with their Viking heritage. And it’s effective. You can’t deny that it certainly makes their whiskies stand out from the crowd. Horned helmets on the bottle? That’s a Highland Park.... Continue Reading →
Here we have one of Diageo’s flagship releases within their ‘Classic Malts’ series - the Glenkinchie 12 year old. Pronounced “glen-kin-chee” rather than “glen-kinky”, this single malt represents Diageo’s more readily-available ‘Lowlands’ scotch offering, originating from the Glenkinchie distillery in East Lothian. Though it is based some 15 miles or so from the Scottish capital,... Continue Reading →
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