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The Glenlivet Cipher – a mysterious malt

June 15, 2016 by Chris +

“The time has come”, the Walrus said, “to talk of many things: of flavours – and aromas – and ciphers. Of codes – and code-breakers – and innovation.” Erm, perhaps that’s not exactly what the Walrus wanted to talk to the [...]

The Jameson Family – an evening with Billy, Brian and Ger

June 14, 2016 by Chris +

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A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited over to the Midleton Distillery in Ireland to attend the launch of the Jameson Family, an umbrella term covering rebranding of current expressions and the release of [...]

Life after Imperial: Dalmunach Distillery

February 17, 2016 by Chris +

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The last episode of Friends. David Beckham’s final game. Zayn Malik’s departure from One Direction. Ummm… maybe not the last one, actually. Nevertheless, humans, as a species, are creatures of habit who have a tendency [...]

The John Walker Private Collection 2016

January 21, 2016 by Chris +

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Blended whisky. A product for the people. High volume fodder for the masses. The bread and butter of the industry accounting for in excess of 90% of all Scotch whisky sales, but looked down upon by single malt fanatics as [...]

#anCnocAWeek

June 4, 2015 by Lucas +

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Oh, the altruism. Every now and then we just can’t help it. Kindness and general goodness of heart bursts right out of us and we just want to give stuff away. Granted, it’s rarely something that comes from us but [...]