January 2017 Archives - Edinburgh Whisky Blog

Teeling 24yo

January 30, 2017 by Chris +

Teeling Whiskey Company, established in Dublin in 2012, has just released a brand new 24yo whiskey. Hang on… that doesn’t add up… a 5 year old company can’t release a 24yo whiskey can it? It can, actually, and [...]

Old & Rare Whisky Show

January 21, 2017 by Chris +

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The Old & Rare Whisky Show Glasgow is a festival showing an older style of whisky. Modern day whisky tends to be made with distillers yeast, powerful fresh casks, wood finishes and condensers. At the Old and Rare [...]

Macallan Edition Number 2

January 10, 2017 by Chris +

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I’ve had a bit of a love/hate relationship with The Macallan over the years. A decade or more ago, the 18yo was one of the first examples of sherry matured whisky which I properly loved. The 12yo Sherry Oak was a benchmark [...]

A Quick Dram, a New Year & a New (ish) Bar

January 7, 2017 by Chris +

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To begin 2017, Tiger, Graeme, Jason & I have vowed to blog more, and get Edinburgh Whisky Blog back to being a busy website again. Tiger has been doing well to keep it going, but we 3 will be chipping in more this year. [...]