June 2015 Archives - Edinburgh Whisky Blog

anCnoc: a recent visit and a couple of drams

June 25, 2015 by Chris +

I have been meaning to write an article about anCnoc for quite a while, so Edinburgh Whisky Blog running the #anCnocAWeek competition has definitely acted as motivation to finally getting this written up. A good long while [...]

Whisky Auctioneer: Japanese Whisky Tasting

June 22, 2015 by Chris +

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This tasting was a while ago, but it was so fantastic, that I had to write about it. For those of you who don’t know, Whisky Auctioneer is a whisky auction website that was set up by Iain McClune, a friend and ex [...]

Glen Moray Peated

June 19, 2015 by Chris +

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What a crazy couple of weeks. From a Havana tweet tasting (with the excellent floating rum shack), a stag weekend with Turbo EWB & Dr Mott (very old blog reference), a new, cracking Irish Distillers release (article [...]

#anCnocAWeek – anCnoc 1975 & 2000

June 17, 2015 by Chris +

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How much change takes place in a quarter of a century? Look at fashion, cars, sport, music, politics or any other given topic and I’m sure you’ll agree countless things have their brief moment in the spotlight before [...]

A Quick Dram: Balvenie 12 Signature Batch 001

June 10, 2015 by Chris +

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Balvenie distillery is a bit of a gem really. It is a pretty distillery, and they still do quite a bit of the whisky making there. From floor malting, coopering and employing a copper smith. This control of the process [...]