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Arran 1998 – RMW Single Cask

July 23, 2013 by Chris +

It seems as though everyone’s at it. Not at it in that sense you smutty little buggers. No, I mean everyone’s bottling their own single cask whisky, or so it seems. Many independent bottlers have released single cask [...]

Macallan Coronation Bottling (European Oak Edition)

July 20, 2013 by Chris +

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I was quite excited to get samples of these 2 cask strength, single cask, celebratory drams from Macallan, and it’s not because I’m a huge fan of the Royal Family. The reason I was quite excited was that I have [...]

Hankey Bannister Heritage Blend

July 18, 2013 by Chris +

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“Sir, you are drunk.” “I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” It’s not entirely implausible that Winston Churchill was a bit squiffy on Hankey Bannister, one of his favourite [...]

Glen Grant Five Decades

July 9, 2013 by Chris +

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I’m not going to lie to you. You’ll have noticed by now (particularly if you follow us on Twitter) that we get invited to some pretty fucking cool events. We go to launches of new releases, taken on distillery tours, attend [...]

Speyburn 25yo

July 8, 2013 by Guest Writer +

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Our mate, and fellow whisky lover, Mike Mckeand, somehow managed to pick up a bottle of Speyburn 25yo for less than three and sixpence at a recent auction. He tasted it, thought about it, wrote down those thoughts and cobbled [...]