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Dewar’s Hotel – the art of blending

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June 10, 2016 by Chris +

A couple of weeks ago I received a rather exciting invitation from Dewar’s Blended Scotch Whisky. Usually, these things take the form of a pdf attached to an email, or at best, a card in the post. Rarely do I have to scribble [...]

Tomatin Times Two: Cask Strength Edition & Cù Bòcan Vintage 1988

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June 6, 2016 by Chris +

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The folks at Tomatin have been rather busy recently, releasing two brand new whiskies in quick succession; a Cask Strength Edition and Cù Bòcan Vintage 1988. Matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, the Cask [...]

Benriach Cask Strength Batch 1

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May 19, 2016 by Chris +

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The big news in the whisky industry recently has been the sale of Billy Walker’s distilleries to Brown-Forman, the company behind Tennessee whiskey behemoth Jack Daniel’s. For an eye-watering £285 million, Brown-Forman have [...]

Exile Casks – The Trojan

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May 17, 2016 by Chris +

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After bumping into Neil and Joel at the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival a couple of weeks ago, I was reminded that the result of their most recent escapades was still sitting patiently in my sample cupboard ready to be [...]

Lagavulin 8yo – 200th Anniversary Release

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April 22, 2016 by Chris +

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Strong notes of ‘pleasantly surprised’, with a hint of ‘incredulity’ and undertones of ‘faith restored’. It may sound like one of the more abstract tasting notes you’ve read, but it’s actually a description of my initial [...]