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Win a limited bottle of Jameson for Paddy’s Day

March 12, 2013 by Lucas

The concept and the task are both simple enough. The kind people at Jameson have released a special bottling of their famous whiskey to support the festivities they are organising around the world on St. Patrick’s Day [...]

2013 Jameson St Patricks Day Limited Edition bottle

Half’n'Half Part One: Old Worthy

December 6, 2012 by Lucas

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Half’n'half /hawfnhaf/, whisky and chaser, a dip and a nip. An Edinburgh institution, an art, a way of life. Really? Well, no. Half’n'half is right now hardly what I’d like it to be. I was first introduced [...]

Cool-up. Dine with us and Auchentoschan.

October 16, 2012 by Lucas

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Update on 22nd October 2012 – this event has been cancelled so please ignore the below (bloody shame) Ah, we love guys at Auchentoshan. They are always relaxed and effortlessly cool, just like us *nervous [...]

The smell of decadence

April 6, 2012 by Lucas

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Have you ever wondered what decadence smells like? Or comfort? Or clarity of thought? Or power? Of course you haven’t. A notion that abstract human concepts can have a taste, smell, shape, colour or texture is either [...]

Auchentoshan Springwood Auchentoshan Heartwood

BenRiach – death by peat

April 4, 2012 by Lucas

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BenRiach has been my great guilt for years. I feel we’ve not covered the brand enough, we haven’t reviewed enough expressions and generally we’ve not been there for the independent distiller. Non bon. They [...]