All the Knights of the Round Table say yo!!
At last our turn! Big welcome to all the Knights, it’s great to have you here! Muchos slàintas to Jason for being such a geek and making all this happen and the rest of you for being such an entertaining wee crowd for nearly a year now. So here is the question we asked you [...]
Tags: Aberlour, anCnoc, Ardbeg, Ardbeg girls wheelbarrow, Arran, Balblair, Balvenie, Big Peat, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Christian Lacroix Chivas Regal, Compass Box, Dalmore, Double Single, Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey, Fat Bastard Chardonnay, Flaming heart, Flora & Fauna, Glenrothes, Hibiki, Highland Park, Kakubin, knights of the round table, Lost in translation whisky, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Nikka, Octomore, Opinions, Smokehead, SMWS, Soice Tree, The Arran Malt, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Whisky Agency, whisky bottles, whisky packaging, whisky round tableThe Sminger
Today we give you a long-awaited (at least by us) and quite literally smashing contribution by our regular reader and dear friend – Andy Mott. Read carefully and your drinking habits shall be changed forever… if you can handle them Smingers that is! Let us know if you have any (good) ideas for improvements. * [...]
Tags: Crabbie's Ginger Beer, Ginger Tam's, sminger, Smokehead, summer whisky cocktail, Whisky Blog, whisky cocktailWhy exactly is Smokehead so dear?
As I would imagine somebody will be quick enough to point out, this isn’t really a post with a point. It’s more of a musing, maybe a push for some discussion. I was looking at the price of Smokehead 18 year old yesterday and was struck by just how expensive it really is. In case [...]
Tags: Bowmore, Caol Ila, Ian MacLeod, Islay, Laphroaig 18, Opinions, Port Askaig, price, single malt, Smokehead, Talisker, whisky, Whisky BlogScotland’s Next Top Bottle
There are some absolutely crazy bottlings kicking about these days! This is the conclusion I have come to when walking around a whisky shop the other day. I had a bit of spare time on my hands, so I spent it as I normally do (that is before I went to a bar and started [...]
Tags: Antiquary, Dalmore, Glenfarclas, Glenglassaugh, Opinions, Smokehead, Tamdhu, whisky packagingSmokehead 18yo Extra Black Tasted!
Smokehead 18yo Extra Black Islay (‘Mystery Distillery’) Bottled by Ian Macleod 46% ABV Available soon for £85 This has been going on for ages now, the rumours of the new Smokehead with an age statement surfaced so long ago that I no longer remember when that was. Then we saw some pictures and we found [...]
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