A Big Week in Wick
They’ve been mightily busy up north. Not only have Old Pulteney released a limited edition ‘Row to the Pole’ bottling but their 21 year old has also gone and won Jim Murray’s World Whisky of the Year with a record equalling score of 97.5! Massive congratulations from all of us here at Edinburgh Whisky Blog [...]
The Vintner’s Rooms. What a shame
Occasionally, you see a business and idea that you really want to do well, but has the tiniest chance of doing well. The problem is, that with every day that passes, you see the chance of success fading. The small glint of hope you saw at the start being slowly extinguished. You hope that, against [...]
The Vintner’s Rooms and a couple of Old Pulteney’s
A Night at the Vintner’s Rooms Sometimes I just don’t realise how lucky I am. To live in this fantastic country that is Scotland and in the brilliant city that is Edinburgh. I shouldn’t take it for granted. That’s how I feel about the Vintner’s Rooms in Leith. I feel like I have taken it [...]
A World without anCnoc, Balblair and Old Pulteney..
Part One What is this post apocalyptic nightmare? A World without these 3 absolute gems of whiskies would be a far colder World. I have so many happy memories of these 3. Polishing off a bottle of Pulteney Single Cask with my navy bound mate. Tasting Balbair 2000 with Stuart Harvey from Inverhouse while at [...]
Win a bottle of Old Pulteney 30 yo!
We take a fair bit of pride in the fact that not only we were the first bloggers to mention the planned release of Old Pulteney 30 yo (on February the 4th!) but also the first ones to try the whisky and write about it (find full tasting notes and our opinions here). We feel, [...]
Old Pulteney 30 yo Tasted!
Old Pulteney 30 yo Northern Highlands Pre-release sample Available: God knows when Colour: Tinned peach syrup with a touch of light olive oil Nose: If you are planning holidays in a hot country – don’t – buy this instead and have your own tropical island at home. Mango and coconut lead the way but are [...]
Old Pulteney 30yo Live Tasting on Twitter!
If you happen to use Twitter (or if you want to start) and you want to know what the new Old Pulteney 30yo is going to be like, you can’t miss this! We are doing live feed from our tasting at my home tonight (28th of April), starting at 8pm GMT. We will have a [...]
Whisky and Food
One of my favourite things in the whole world is to go out for dinner. Picture the scene; me sat in my finery, a nice glass of Pinot Noir, a rare Aberdeen Angus Steak, a beautiful girl sat across from me and the icing on the cake: a whisky. The question is, what whisky should [...]
Aliens and whisky auctions
If you are a whisky alien* and you live in the UK, the next few weeks will be mega busy for you. Two great whisky auctions are coming up in two Scotland’s famous auction houses. McTear’s in Glasgow will be selling 703 lots on the 25th of February. Rare Port Ellens, bargain lots of modern [...]
Old Pulteney 30 yo
Edinburgh Whisky Blog has received information about a new bottling of Old Pulteney. The long awaited 30 yo is due to be out on the shelves this year. When exactly? We don’t know yet but we are working hard to find out. Our source claims the whisky is “stupidly good” and offers “everything you would [...]
