Jameson Live: After the Storm“One drop of water brings out the inside of orange peel in the deep background but the second drop turns it into a tangerine seed. Amazing!” We’ve all been [...]
Jameson Live… well, liveGood whisky and whiskey people of planet Earth. We’re in Dublin this weekend to help the local populace drink the town dry of Jameson in honour of the biggest national [...]
EWB’s 4th birthday partyYes folks, it’s that time of year again where we invite you to join us in much debauchery and merriment to celebrate this pokey little whisky blog turning another year old. [...]
Single Cask Nation (a new whisky bottler)It’s always nice to see a new whisky bottler on the scene. In my view, you can never have too many, as they will each pick a different cask from a distillery, release it [...]
Half’n'Half Part One: Old WorthyHalf’n'half /hawfnhaf/, whisky and chaser, a dip and a nip. An Edinburgh institution, an art, a way of life. Really? Well, no. Half’n'half is right now hardly what [...]
Theatre! Whisky! Barbers! Cocktails! Surgeon’s Hall! 25th & 26th of May! Tickets here! I could continue on like this, writing a maximum of 5 words per sentence and then an exclamation mark. In fact, it may [...]
Limited edition, small batch, one off, never-to-be-seen-again releases are very much in vogue right now what with master blenders wanting to show off different sides to the distilleries in their stable. What does it [...]
The new Glenmorangie Cask Masters programme is about choosing your favourite things. We all like to do that. Chris likes to choose his favourite bars to ‘write’ in, the Bear likes to choose his favourite [...]
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege (and surreal pleasure) of taking part in a tasting hosted by Sandy Hyslop, master blender at Ballantine’s, which was essentially a deconstruction of Ballantine’s 12yo blend. [...]
Do you remember when you were young and there wasn’t a day of the year that really came close to the magical feeling of Christmas? That feeling you have when you lie awake in bed waiting for a fat man in a [...]