Musings

Joe’s Boutique Bar Show Report

October 31, 2012 by Chris +

This year’s Scottish edition of the Boutique Bar Show was held at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow’s Merchant City, arguably the city’s cultural epicentre. I hitched a lift on the bus organised by the Scottish Bar Network, [...]

Is Mortlach another style?

October 30, 2012 by Chris +

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I was tasting a Planeta Sicilian Red Wine cask finish of Mortlach the other day, and it got me to thinking. When I am describing Scotch single malt whisky, particularly to someone new to the subject, I will describe it by [...]

Interview: Marcin at Number 1 Drinks (Karuizawa & more) Part 2

October 17, 2012 by Chris +

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Just to catch anyone up, I had a fantastic chat with Marcin Miller, founder of Number One Drinks (distributor of Hanyu, Karuizawa, Chichibu) a few weeks ago. We covered quite a few different topics. In fact we covered so [...]

Malt Master David Stewart’s 50 years

September 5, 2012 by Chris +

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It is amazing when you think about it; 50 years with William Grant & Sons. When David Stewart began his apprenticeship, Glenfiddich was just about to become the first single malt to be exported from Scotland in any [...]

Port Ellen – Are they taking the piss?

September 4, 2012 by Jason +

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I’ll start by saying that I have no problem with the sort of supply and demand system that we live with in this day and age. I’m usually fine with it. I am no way against big business or people making honest [...]