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Leith Spirits Virtual Tasting… Take 2.

May 6, 2020 by Chris +

Well, that was a blast! Last night I hosted a virtual tasting to aid the continued production of Leith Spirits’ C-19 LeithAL Sanitiser – the line up featured a 1992 Rosebank, 1994 Bruichladdich, 1976 Jura, 1969 [...]

Rosebank 1993 Cask #433

March 30, 2020 by Chris +

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Remember that magical week in October 2017 when all our whisky dreams seemed to come to life all at once? Monday: Port Ellen and Brora are reopening! Tuesday: Rosebank is reopening! By the Wednesday of that week I genuinely [...]

Port Ellen 37yo – Diageo Special Releases 2017

October 20, 2017 by Chris +

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Well done. You’ve made it. Today marks the tenth, and final, review of this year’s Diageo Special Releases. We started last Monday with Lagavulin 12yo, and worked our way through Caol Ila 18yo, Collectivum XXVIII, Teaninich [...]

Port Ellen & Brora to be resurrected… and a Lagavulin 12yo review.

October 9, 2017 by Chris +

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So, this article was supposed to begin at the point below the dashes. And then I received the following press release at 9am this morning: “Port Ellen and Brora, two of the most revered ‘lost’ distilleries [...]

Feis Ile 2013 – Ardbog, Laphroaig and Lagavulin

June 13, 2013 by Graeme +

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I was fortunate enough to find myself over on Islay for the tail end of Feis Ile – The Islay Festival of Music and Malt. I was only there for the last weekend and so the only festival open day I could attend was Ardbog [...]