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Virtual Father’s Day 2020 Gift Ideas

June 17, 2020 by Chris +

We might be on lockdown and in the middle of a global pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped the whisky world coming up with some inventive ways of celebrating Father’s Day (which is this Sunday, June 21st, in case it had slipped [...]

Bunnahabhain Spiorad An Dòchais 30yo

June 15, 2020 by Chris +

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A couple of weeks ago I participated in what seemed like a never ending train of virtual Feis Ile tastings (not complaining one bit) with each distillery taking their festival open day online. Bunnahabhain’s virtual tasting [...]

Glen Moray Curiosity Range: Madeira Cask Project

June 4, 2020 by Chris +

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Glen Moray have added a third expression to their ‘Elgin Curiosity Range’; an almost-but-not-quite 14 year old which has been matured entirely in sweet Madeira wine European oak hogsheads. The 13 years and 10 [...]

John Crabbie & Co: 1994 Tobermory 25yo

June 2, 2020 by Chris +

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The last fortnight has been a bit of a blur – from participating enthusiastically in this year’s virtual Feis Ile, to hosting my second virtual tasting to help fund the production of Leith Spirits’ C-19 hand sanitiser, to [...]

The Fisherman’s Retreat: Arran & Port Charlotte

May 14, 2020 by Chris +

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Ramsbottom, Lancashire. Hardly the first place which would spring to mind if I mentioned a new (to me, anyway) independent bottler. The Fisherman’s Retreat is a bar, restaurant and much-sought-after wedding venue based just [...]