May 2016 Archives - Edinburgh Whisky Blog

Benriach Cask Strength Batch 1

May 19, 2016 by Chris +

The big news in the whisky industry recently has been the sale of Billy Walker’s distilleries to Brown-Forman, the company behind Tennessee whiskey behemoth Jack Daniel’s. For an eye-watering £285 million, Brown-Forman have [...]

Exile Casks – The Trojan

May 17, 2016 by Chris +

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After bumping into Neil and Joel at the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival a couple of weeks ago, I was reminded that the result of their most recent escapades was still sitting patiently in my sample cupboard ready to be [...]

Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2016

May 12, 2016 by Chris +

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It’s been a couple of years since I was last at this wonderful celebration of whisky in Speyside (see here) and what a pleasure it was to go back. After being part of the judging panel for the Spirit of Speyside Whisky [...]