Girvan Grain distillery was founded in the early 1960′s. At the time, it was seen as a pretty big move from William Grant & Sons, to invest in such a big grain distillery. This investment secured grain whisky to [...]
Fantastic Folks A few months ago, I was lucky to visit Balblair distillery, as part of a brilliant trip with Inverhouse distillers to Old Pulteney, Balblair, Ancnoc and Speyburn (sort of). I say a brilliant trip as not only [...]
A while ago now (useless blogger) I went to the Jameson Irish Whiskey Academy. In some ways, it’s quite difficult to describe the Irish Whiskey Academy in detail, as you would really have to go, to really get your head [...]
About a month ago, I wrote about a fantastic evening that myself, the folks from the brilliant BeerCast, and the great folks from Harviestoun (read about it here, here and here). The purpose of the evening was to look at [...]
I have never had a better reason to spend 8 and a half hours on a train, than I did the other day. For a two hour meeting, and a lovely lunch, that is a long time, but it was worth every moment listening to people talk about [...]
