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Auchentoshan Virgin Oak

September 19, 2013 by Graeme +

Virgin Oak is all the rage for Morrison Bowmore at the moment. A couple of months ago Tiger tried the Glen Garioch Virgin Oak release and now we have the Auchentoshan Virgin Oak to sample here at Edinburgh Whisky Blog. Since [...]

Glen Garioch Virgin Oak

July 26, 2013 by Chris +

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For a long time now, it’s been rather fashionable to stick new spirit into an interesting type of cask to mature, or to finish a whisky in a cask not normally used. Whether it’s sherry butts, port pipes, rum casks, white wine [...]

Master of Malt: Auchentoshan 27yo

February 8, 2013 by Chris +

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I’m sure some of you beady eyed readers will have noticed I’ve been riding on the Morrison Bowmore bandwagon quite a bit recently, having reviewed a Bowmore and a couple of Auchentoshans in the recent past. Good things come [...]

Auchentoshan: a Jekyll & Hyde story

February 5, 2013 by Chris +

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With the benefit of hindsight that’s probably a bit of a harsh article title, considering neither of these whiskies were murderously violent nor devilishly deceptive. However when I first looked at the liquid contained within [...]

Welcome to Glen Garioch

April 24, 2012 by Graeme +

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A few weeks ago I was up North in the lovely village of Dingwall catching up with my grandparents and watching the mighty Ross County marching towards the SPL! On my way back down to my parents house in Aberdeen I decided to [...]