anCnoc Peter ArkleIt’s always interesting to see drinks industry/art collaborations. Alcohol and artists go back a long way, and I think it is a relationship that works well. Firstly, I [...]
Ardbeg try near zero-gravity experimentDr. Bill Lumsden’s lastest experiment at Ardbeg This is the latest wacky and wonderful experiment from Dr Bill Lumsden, head of whisky distilling and creation at Ardbeg. [...]
The smell of decadenceHave you ever wondered what decadence smells like? Or comfort? Or clarity of thought? Or power? Of course you haven’t. A notion that abstract human concepts can have a [...]
BenRiach – death by peatBenRiach has been my great guilt for years. I feel we’ve not covered the brand enough, we haven’t reviewed enough expressions and generally we’ve not been [...]
Whisky Round Table – March 2012Bottling new make spirit – crime or street smarts? It has been over a year now since we last hosted a Whisky Round Table session. Some people left, others have joined [...]
How did we manage to get such a sample I hear you cry? Was it an amazing commando raid on the Bruichladdich warehouse in the dead of night? Did we finally manage to perfect our time machine that would allow us to [...]
No, this is not code for some between-the-bed-sheets shenanigans. Stop giggling you smutty little so-and-so. I’m talking about the inaugural Whisky Stramash, happening the weekend of the 26th and 27th of May at the [...]
Small distillers and the Plan My plan for my next few posts is to concentrate on small distillers. The image at the top is of Templeton (reviewed here), Wasmund (reviewed here), Mackmyra (reviewed below) and [...]
I’d be happy to wager that at some point most of us have lost something on a silly night out. My personal list of wayward items includes a wallet, several jackets and not one but two pairs of shoes [...]
I think it would take someone with a very tough view on the world not to admire what Kilchoman are trying to do. Being the first new distillery on Islay for over 120 years can’t be an easy gig but they seem to be [...]