Archive for June, 2010

To state or not to state?

The world’s leading producer of luxury Scotch whisky, Chivas Brothers, is today launching a global campaign to advocate the importance and value of age statements to consumers - Reads the first paragraph of a press release that has just landed in my inbox. Surprised?
A lot has been said recently about moving away from age statements [...]

Caol Ila 25!

The World has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it, in the air. Diageo - once the Sauron of all the drink companies, well known for neglecting maltheads, limiting their Scotch distilleries’ malt whisky portfolios to bare minimum and embarrassingly overpricing non-standard bottlings - are now [...]

Whisky Food Pairings in Boisdale Restaurants

As you well know Chris and I have a strong practical interest in the art of whisky food matching. Today we have a rather special treat for you (and ourselves) - a handful of very useful tips on the matter from our guy down in Boisdale Restaurants. Enjoy!
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Eric Pebble, resident blogger at Boisdale restaurants, is [...]

Paula’s Feis Ile 2010 Odyssey - Part 2

My whisky odyssey had started in Campbeltown and Springbank’s open day would be a hard act to follow on an ordinary trip but I was heading to the peat-lover’s homeland for ‘FEIS ILE’. More commonly known as Islay’s Malt and Music Festival, this is an opportunity to visit all eight distilleries on Islay and maybe [...]

The Glenlivet, a helicopter and some tasty stuff

Picture this. Lucas and I stood outside The Glenlivet distillery. The sun is shining, chat is flowing and our tasty lunch is settling nicely.
Then in the field in front of us land a couple of helicopters! Yes folks, helicopters! We were going to fly over the distillery. We both thought we were going to taste [...]

Ardbeg Supernova 2. Where is the love?

I sit down. It had been a hard day at work and I quite fancied a wee dram. I saw Lucas had raved about the New Supernova. Was I gonna try it? You bet! But I was apprehensive. Was a cask strength peat sandwich likely to relax me or get me more wound up? I [...]

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Paula’s Feis Ile 2010 odyssey - part 1

Sorry there are no photos. There seems to be a minor glitch in our comms. We’re trying to fix it and will post pretty pictures as soon as. Over to Paula.
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It’s Thursday,20th May 2010. I left Edinburgh at 6:15am to keep an appointment at Springbank distillery’s open day in Campbeltown. This is new territory for [...]

EWB night out with a touch of Four Roses

It has been far too long since the last Edinburgh Whisky Blog night out. The last time we all went out and enjoyed a Whisky was way back in January on our Birthday!
The sunny days are back, so it is time to hit the Whisky bars and drink (responsibly). The venue of choice is the [...]

Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve Panel? Oh, go on then

Every year Glenfiddich releases a limited single cask bottling - Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve. They have a tradition of inviting all sorts of people to join the Malt Master in the selection process, they create panels. Now this year sees big changes for Glenfiddich with the appointment of a brand new Malt Master - Brian Kinsman. The [...]