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The Cask Calculator

July 22, 2020 by Chris +

Those of us who have been blogging for a while are fairly used to press releases about new products, or events, or collaborations, or cocktail serves, popping into our inboxes on a daily basis. It’s a real privilege to be [...]

Duncan Taylor Octaves; Dalmunach, Dailuaine & Glen Keith

July 21, 2020 by Chris +

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The use of octaves has become more and more widespread in the industry over the last few years, with a number of new distilleries and independent bottlers using this type of cask to give an interesting twist to a whisky. [...]

The Lakes Distillery: Whiskymaker’s Reserve No. 3

July 1, 2020 by Chris +

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The third expression in the Lakes Distillery’s Whiskymaker’s Reserve series has just been launched, and just like the previous two now-sold-out releases, this whisky is matured in a myriad of sherry and wine casks; Pedro [...]

Virtual Father’s Day 2020 Gift Ideas

June 17, 2020 by Chris +

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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 [...]