LIVING THE DRAM
The Douglas Taylor & Co business has been working in the scotch whisky industry for the best part of a century. The business has evolved from a store in Glasgow to a global entity with a whole site in Huntly, Aberdeenshire (Speyside) built for purpose with its own warehouses, bottling facility, cooperage, and soon… its... Continue Reading →
On the day of celebrating love, I thought it would be worth posting about the Johnnie Walker Celebratory Blend - effectively Diageo’s own love letter to John Walker & Sons. For the record (and pedantic) this bottling celebrates the 200th anniversary of John Walker & Sons - the business and store that started it all... Continue Reading →
This is the creation of brothers Gordon and Alasdair Stevenson who are looking to "create a new generation of blended scotch whisky. No shortcuts. No limits." It is a bold statement and smacks of a verve and vigour to create new blends that still show character and style. Not just to meld flavours together to... Continue Reading →
The opening gambit to the initial trio of blended scotch whisky releases from Turntable Spirits. Paradise Funk is described as "a funky yet delicate duo [which] bursts with exotic flavours. A harmony of caramelized pineapple, smooth vanilla and sweet toffee." The blend has been created by mixing 6 different casks of scotch malt and grain... Continue Reading →
In 1966 the Beatles released Rubber Soul and shortly thereafter John Lennon infamously said that the band were bigger than Jesus. Meanwhile their cockney contemporaries. the Rolling Stones, saw Brian Jones make his last performance with the band. A little further down town Jimi Hendrix arrived in London for the first time with his Experience... Continue Reading →
The Speyside distillery have built up quite the roster of core releases over the years and this Trutina release represents the lightest [ed: fairest?] of them all. The name "Trutina" translates from Latin as "honest and pure" and "balanced", and is a fitting name as this is expression has been matured in one cask type... Continue Reading →
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