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A Fine Christmas Malt 2020 19yo

December 1, 2020 by Chris +

You’ve made it. You’ve gotten through arguably the worst year in living memory and made it to December. Christmas is a little over three weeks away and a brand new year is just around the corner. Thank fuck for that. Now, [...]

The Whisky Exchange Black Friday 2020 Single Malt

November 27, 2020 by Chris +

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The Whisky Exchange’s annual Black Friday release is becoming every bit of a yearly pre-Christmas tradition as setting up a Christmas tree or having a small piece of advent calendar chocolate for breakfast. Now in its fourth [...]

Paul John – Edited and Brilliance

May 29, 2013 by Graeme +

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Whisky Stramash was a hectic weekend for me and Master Hoban, but even before the festival had kicked off we were getting in the mood by trying out some whisky from Paul John. This is not one of Tiger’s dodgy friends [...]

Interview: Marcin at Number 1 Drinks (Karuizawa & more) Part 2

October 17, 2012 by Chris +

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Just to catch anyone up, I had a fantastic chat with Marcin Miller, founder of Number One Drinks (distributor of Hanyu, Karuizawa, Chichibu) a few weeks ago. We covered quite a few different topics. In fact we covered so [...]

Interview: Marcin at Number 1 Drinks (Karuizawa & more)

October 6, 2012 by Chris +

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Here at Edinburgh Whisky Blog, we have been fascinated by Japanese whisky for quite some time. In fact, some of the best whisky we have tasted has been Japanese (here & here). A key person in the explosion of interest in [...]