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A relationship with peat

April 1, 2014 by Chris +

When we discussed this “celebration of peat” week as a team, we each looked at what we would contribute. We didn’t discuss too much what we would actually write (a nice surprise for the rest of the team) [...]

Amazing Whisky Events Edinburgh Part 3: The Whisky Stramash

May 16, 2013 by Chris +

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Theatre! Whisky! Barbers! Cocktails! Surgeon’s Hall! 25th & 26th of May! Tickets here! I could continue on like this, writing a maximum of 5 words per sentence and then an exclamation mark. In fact, it may be a far [...]

Kilchoman Machir Bay & Loch Gorm

May 6, 2013 by Chris +

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It’s been a busy few weeks at Kilchoman, Islay’s newest and smallest distillery. At the start of March they released Machir Bay 2013, a vatting of 4 and 5 year old ex-bourbon casks, with whisky from the 4 year old casks being [...]

Amazing Events in Edinburgh Part 1: The Whisky Lounge

April 18, 2013 by Chris +

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You read it right folks, Whisky Lounge is coming to Edinburgh. Saturday 27th of April, 12-5pm. It’s gonna be awesome, and we will be there to live blog, man the Number One Drinks stand and run about trying all of the [...]

Single Cask Nation: Kilchoman 4 Year Old

January 15, 2013 by Chris +

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Just before Christmas, I reviewed one of the first releases from the newest whisky bottler on the block; Single Cask Nation. It was an Arran Pinot Noir finish (read about it here), and I absolutely loved how bizarre it was. [...]