Musings

Kilmarnock. What needs to be done then?

July 10, 2009 by Chris +

[poll id="28"] Diageo are closing the bottling plant in Kilmarnock. Coupled with this, they are closing down the Port Dundas grain whisky distillery and Dundashill cooperage in Glasgow. So what are we seeing? We are seeing [...]

Stonings, hangings and PR suicides

July 7, 2009 by Lucas +

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[poll id="27"] It has been mayhem. And it has been really hard to keep up with it. We waited and then waited more before writing up our opinions on the matter, hoping we would get a clear picture eventually. Not happening. [...]

Joe’s Whisky Experience

July 5, 2009 by Chris +

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A long overdue report of Joe’s visit to The Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh after the massive £3m revamp… was it worth it? **** In general my whisky experience CV does not read well at all. Between pouring [...]

Ian Macleod Distillers pull out the 40yo big guns

May 21, 2009 by Chris +

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A few months back, Lucas and I had a thoroughly enjoyable evening watching Champions League football, drinking pints and sampling what we thought was going to be one of Ian Macleod’s biggest weapons in 2009, Smokehead [...]

Diageo forces small companies out of The Gathering

May 15, 2009 by Lucas +

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Our attention has been drawn to a drama happening behind the scenes of the preparations for The Gathering, the centrepiece event of the Homecoming Scotland initiative, which will take place in Edinburgh in July. In short [...]