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Paula on Islay: Day 3

June 4, 2009 by Lucas +

A pretty good night’s sleep- got woken briefly by the malt lorries at 6am. Shot down to Port Ellen to get cash (again) and a thank-you present for the staff and returned to find I’d missed the morning tour – [...]

Paula on Islay: Day 2

June 3, 2009 by Lucas +

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Paula’s Islay adventure travelogue continues today and makes our mouths water on this sunny afternoon. **** Last night was a bit miserable – cold & damp but a healthy dose of Black Bottle 10yr soon helped put [...]

St. George ain’t that saint no more…

May 28, 2009 by Lucas +

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When some time ago David from St. George’s distillery (yes, it is in England) told me he had sent me a sample of their heavily peated spirit I instantly thought it was going to be easy. We would sample some, I presumed, [...]

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society to Rescue

May 11, 2009 by Chris +

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Lucas and I had been looking forward to this all month. We got an invitation to the SMWS to, as they put it: ‘sample some of the whiskies’ from the April outturn – the Society’s latest bottling list [...]

To have a girlfriend in every port…

May 8, 2009 by Lucas +

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Our friend and occasional guest blogger, Euan, has just passed his selection for Royal Navy College in Dartmouth. Congratulations. Rachel Barrie, a Master Blender for Glenmorangie, delivered a fabulous Ardbeg tasting last [...]