August 2012 Archives - Edinburgh Whisky Blog

Glencairn Crystal Design Studio

August 31, 2012 by Chris +

The best afternoon to be had in East Kilbride I didn’t really know what to expect when visiting the Glencairn Crystal Design Studio/factory, to be honest. I got an email asking if I wanted to come down and have a look [...]

Hungarian Palinka in Budapest

August 30, 2012 by Graeme +

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Recently I have had the great fortune of visiting, what has to be, one of the greatest cities in the world: the beautiful and bustling Budapest. I could rattle off a list of excellent experiences from my time over there, but [...]

What’s the best whisky you have ever wasted?

August 29, 2012 by Jason +

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I’m not proud of what I am about to admit here. It might actually make some of you lovely people taking time out of your busy day to read this question why you would ever trust anything that I might have to say on the [...]

CaskStrength Blog Arran & BenRiach

August 28, 2012 by Chris +

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Great work from Neil & Joel In case you, our dear reader, only read one whisky blog, let me catch you up. There is an exciting Whisky Blogosphere out there, and one of the most well known, well written and well respected [...]

A couple of new vintages from Balblair

August 27, 2012 by Chris +

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I was recently asked to review two new releases from Balblair and write an article for The Gathering Place. Those two whiskies were the 2002 vintage and the 1975 vintage 2nd release – lucky me! The article was published [...]