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Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19yo Batch 2

November 21, 2020 by Chris +

Just over a year ago Ardbeg announced that, for the first time in twenty years, a new age statement expression was to join the distillery’s core range. Traigh Bhan, so named after ‘The Singing Sands’ of the local beaches, is [...]

Glenmorangie 1996 Grand Vintage

November 6, 2020 by Chris +

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Those of you who are familiar with Glenmorangie will likely have heard of Glenmorangie Astar, a whisky which was essentially a limited edition, turbo-charged version of their 10 year old flagship expression, initially [...]

Glenmorangie: A Tale of Cake

October 7, 2020 by Chris +

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Liquid, alcoholic, cake. How could I say no when a press release offering a sample of such juice dropped into my inbox a couple of weeks ago? What landed at my front door a few days later wasn’t actually some Heston [...]

EWB’s Championship Manager Scotch Whisky XI

April 7, 2020 by Chris +

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Many of us have suddenly found ourselves with a lot of time on our hands during this lockdown. Some have been learning how to draw or paint, others have been brushing up on their gardening skills. More than a few (myself [...]

Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19yo

September 3, 2019 by Chris +

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Some very exciting news came out of Ardbeg a couple of weeks ago when they announced that, for the first time in 20 years, a new age statement expression will be joining the distillery’s core range. Ardbeg Traigh Bhan [...]