July 2018 Archives - Edinburgh Whisky Blog

The Glenallachie Core Range

July 19, 2018 by Chris +

It didn’t take long, did it? Almost immediately after Billy Walker sold Benriach, Glendronach and Glenglassaugh to Brown-Forman, bets were being placed on how soon he would return to the Scotch whisky fold. The answer: very [...]

Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 7

July 16, 2018 by Chris +

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Following on from the furore regarding the extraordinary price hike of Aberlour a’bunadh, it seems only fitting, and quite timely, that I review a brand new whisky from one of a’bunadh’s closest competitors. Glendronach Cask [...]

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The Whisky Illuminati

July 10, 2018 by Chris +

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Imagine crossing the Freemasons with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Secret handshakes, passwords and symbols, single cask whisky and a new world order. Well, maybe not that last bit, but there’s certainly some single cask [...]

Eden Mill First Bottling

July 8, 2018 by Chris +

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A bit of (old) news for you all; Eden Mill released their first official whisky a couple of months ago to much trumpeting and fanfare. The first ten bottles were auctioned through Whisky Auctioneer and bottle number one sold [...]

Benriach Single Cask Batch 15

July 7, 2018 by Chris +

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I’ve said before that Benriach is often referred to as ‘The Lab’ among company employees due to the varied production of spirit at the site, and the fact that almost every cask type can be found should you be lucky enough to [...]