As autumn approaches, it heralds several annual releases from a number of brands, with possibly my favourite being Kilchoman’s 100% Islay Edition. This lightly peated expression is made entirely from, you guessed it, barley [...]
I might just be getting old and becoming more sensitive to the cold, but the weather has taken a definite turn for the worse in Edinburgh. Early mornings now come with a dusting of light frost, my ‘big coat’ has been looked [...]
This year marks 125 years since the Knockdhu distillery was established, nestled in the Black Hills in the Eastern Highlands. Since its inception in 1894, not too much has changed at the distillery – there’s very little [...]
What a difference a week makes. This time last week I had no idea how sensitive a soul Hoban is (well, actually, I’ve always known he’s a romantic at heart), what with his love-hate-love relationship with peat over the years. [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen… let me set the scene for you. It was a dark and putrid night and a top-secret emergency meeting had been called at Edinburgh Whisky Blog Towers. Lucas, Chris and Tiger each raced from their respective [...]
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