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Caol Ila 30yo (Master of Malt)
A single cask Caol Ila from Master of Malt. We all have our own idiosyncratic methods of getting through the day: overcoming the arduous, tedious or simply mystifying duties whose application to...
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Mothballed? Why?! Glen Keith 1993
Way back in icy January I mentioned I raft of lesser-spotted Speysiders I had come across courtesy of Gordon & MacPhail’s Connoisseurs Choice range, the foundation line of whiskies demonstrating...
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A Taste of Speyside with Friends
Perhaps the most profound and extraordinary aspect of whisky’s character is how expertly it manipulates and distinguishes precious moments. One distillery, one dram, can bridge many months and miles...
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Medicine with Uncle Mike
You may have heard of the description, ‘a shrinking violet’. They tend not to make good sales people. Mike Drury, of the Whisky Castle in Tomintoul, is a very good sales person. He is not a shrinking...
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The SMWS at the Quaich Society
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has, when it comes to tastings, adopted the American military’s infamous strategy of shock and awe. Not only are their drams the equivalent of B52s in impact and...
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Peat: the Smell of Fear
While still in my whisky nappies, as it were, I made the adventurous but ill-informed progression from The Glenlivet 18yo I had relocated from the distillery on Speyside to a nascent dramming cupboard,...
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The Bloggers’ BenRiach
The whisky blogosphere can be both intoxicating and intimidating. On the one hand, to see so many people pursue their passion as far as maintaining a little corner of the internet in which to display...
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Duncan Taylor at the Quaich Society
The outstanding Duncan Taylor selection for their Quaich Society tasting. I owe a few fine whisky orators an apology: ‘neglect’, ‘oversight’, ‘disregard’ – these are just some of the accusations Lucas...
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Bursting at the Wemyss
A selection from Wemyss' second batch of single casks. Even in an age of single malt insatiability such as this one, it is a sad fact that of the 101 malt distilleries operating in Scotland, not all...
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Whisky Prices Blast Off into Orbit
Whisky whisky everywhere, but so little of it affordable... A disclaimer from the outset: this is NOT about Diageo’s recent announcement concerning the direction its new range of whiskies from the...
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