December 2009 Archives - Edinburgh Whisky Blog

New Year Bars

December 31, 2009 by Chris +

Travelling to Edinburgh for New Year? Not keen on standing on Princes Street, as the temperature plummets below zero and the alcohol becomes scarcer and scarcer? Here is my advice: Find a bar with an excellent selection of [...]

Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2009 by Lucas +

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Sitting in my parents’ house with a smoky wonder number 76 from the SMWS in one hand and a Ferrero Rocher in the other (typing with my toes) I am mentally and phisically ready for all the excess of the hours and, [...]

Whisky For Christmas: The Ultimate Guide

December 17, 2009 by Lucas +

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The Edinburgh Whisky Blog Towers are showing cracks in foundations and are leaning slightly towards east (“always head East, there must be civilisation somewhere there!”). Under the unbearable burden of letters, [...]

It’s our Birthday soon!

December 17, 2009 by Chris +

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It’s the Edinburgh Whisky Blog’s birthday soon. Our little creation is going to be 1 on January 12th. I feel so proud, emotional and… I… I… promised myself I wouldn’t cry. Ok Chris, pull [...]

Highland Park ‘The Earl Magnus’ Edition 1

December 15, 2009 by Lucas +

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We have just received a pigeon from Orkney. Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney from the 11th century, will be honoured by Highland Park distillery with his very own bottling. I must admit I had never heard about Earl Magnus. I [...]