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Exile Casks – The Wanderer

August 12, 2016 by Chris +

Following on from the hugely successful launch of Exile Casks’ first expression, The Trojan, Neil and Joel have released another single cask offering. ‘The Wanderer’ is a 24yo single cask Speyside whisky, so-called because of [...]

The Glenlivet Cipher – a mysterious malt

June 15, 2016 by Chris +

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“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 [...]

Tomatin Times Two: Cask Strength Edition & Cù Bòcan Vintage 1988

June 6, 2016 by Chris +

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The folks at Tomatin have been rather busy recently, releasing two brand new whiskies in quick succession; a Cask Strength Edition and Cù Bòcan Vintage 1988. Matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, the Cask [...]

Benriach Cask Strength Batch 1

May 19, 2016 by Chris +

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The big news in the whisky industry recently has been the sale of Billy Walker’s distilleries to Brown-Forman, the company behind Tennessee whiskey behemoth Jack Daniel’s. For an eye-watering £285 million, Brown-Forman have [...]

Exile Casks – The Trojan

May 17, 2016 by Chris +

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After bumping into Neil and Joel at the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival a couple of weeks ago, I was reminded that the result of their most recent escapades was still sitting patiently in my sample cupboard ready to be [...]