August 2013 Archives - Edinburgh Whisky Blog

A Quick SMWS Dram and a Tasting Menu

August 31, 2013 by Chris +

The other night, I was at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Queen Street, trying out the new tasting menu. It was cracking. Each dish was very precisely prepared, and James Zorab from the society guided us through several drams [...]

Talisker Dark Storm

August 21, 2013 by Chris +

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Dark Storm…it’s a cracking name, don’t you think? For me it not only represents the first night I visited Skye (when there was a very dark storm), but it also almost evokes a potential Transformer’s [...]

Naked Grouse Bootcamp – The Final

August 21, 2013 by Guest Writer +

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Our good friend and bartender extraordinaire, Martin Duffy, reports on the final of the Naked Grouse cocktail competition held recently at The Famous Grouse Experience. After a UK wide competition in five different cities, [...]

Bowmore 23yo Port Cask Matured

August 16, 2013 by Graeme +

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Bowmore is nice. I have always enjoyed it. The 15 year old darkest was one of my favourite drams when I first got started with whiskies and I still have a special place for it in my own collection. Port cask finished whiskies [...]

Macallan Coronation Bottling (American Oak Edition)

August 12, 2013 by Chris +

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When I saw that Macallan had done a set of Coronation bottlings, I kind of got the feeling they had missed some other big news that could have been marked with a commemorative bottling. For example, a new Superman film has [...]