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Albanach Tasting

May 29, 2009 by Chris +

It’s the beginning of the summer. The nights are getting warm and the sun seems to be out (for now). It’s time for another Edinburgh Whisky Blog tasting! Any excuse is good I guess. Change of venue for this one [...]

St. George ain’t that saint no more…

May 28, 2009 by Lucas +

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When some time ago David from St. George’s distillery (yes, it is in England) told me he had sent me a sample of their heavily peated spirit I instantly thought it was going to be easy. We would sample some, I presumed, [...]

Islay whisky coaching night… for £10

May 18, 2009 by Lucas +

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This weeks we are starting a run-up for Islay Festival. We will do a couple of warm-up tastings, a fair deal of preparation work, some shopping etc, etc, etc. As part of accustoming our noses and palates to the Islay malts [...]

Competition Brings Out Guys’ Dark Side… Caperdonich 1972

May 5, 2009 by Chris +

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With my hangover just subsiding I was looking forward to our tasting a couple of nights ago. We used some sort of logic to pick the whiskies we tasted, but this logic is probably unfathomable to the normal person. Anyway we [...]

Old Pulteney 30 yo Tasted!

April 29, 2009 by Lucas +

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Old Pulteney 30 yo Northern Highlands Pre-release sample Available: God knows when Colour: Tinned peach syrup with a touch of light olive oil Nose: If you are planning holidays in a hot country – don’t – buy [...]