So – we’ve been doing our Drinks by the Dram whisky sample service for almost a year now, and in that time have decanted ‘loads’ of 700ml bottles into…
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You may remember a little while ago, we launched our biggest prize giveaway yet – a chance to win a 50 year old speyside, single cask, one-of-a-kind bottle of Glenfarclas…
Okay then – new competition / announcement / sort of thing… If I told you that these images represented the ingredients of a brand new concoction we’re currently putting together,…
Astonishing. It’s an easy term to bandy around (and god knows I’m possibly more guilty of doing so than most), but from time to time, one is simply so taken…
For the first time ever, one of France’s big Cognac houses has started putting age statements on its products. Courvoisier have begun labelling Cognacs just like we do in the…
Well, as far as the world of whisky goes, it doesn’t come much bigger than a new release from Ardbeg. We don’t mind telling you that we’ve been absolutely fit…
We drove over to Kilchoman early in the morning, knowing the Feis Ile bottling would be in high demand. We were right too, as the queue of excited whisky lovers…
After a hearty breakfast of bacon, eggs, black pudding, white pudding and potato scones, we left the cottage for Bowmore. There were only 100 bottles of Bowmore’s official 2011 Feis…
By this morning, the weather had lifted, and whilst power had not yet returned to our quaint little cottage, we felt like our fortunes were changing for the better. With…
Well, as we write this post we’re basking in the warm glow of the candelabra, and the unforgiving light of a laptop screen, which is down to its last 20%…
“Nothing can survive in these conditions, it’s inhuman.” Our trip to Islay had gotten off to a simply dreadful start. Having driven for many, many hours from home, we thought…
We hope you’ve had a wonderful Easter! It’s been a very eventful past couple of weeks for everyone, and we’ve certainly had more than our fair share of barbeques, cocktails…
We’ve had an incredible reaction to the release of the 105 year old Aisla T’Orten whisky, with its asking price of just £870,000. But, now we must tell you the…
There are few moments like this in history; moments which involve something daring and utterly extraordinary. Moments that no one will ever forget. For us, the Chaps at Master of…
Bitters, bitters, bitters. We’ve made some bitters! Hurrah! As lovers of the fine whisky/whiskey cocktail, we knew it was time to make our first foray into the land of bitters….
Earlier this year we flew up to Glengoyne to help select a very special cask for bottling. The cask would be chosen by the great and the good from England’s…
The Maker’s Mark party line is a stoic stubbornness when it comes to quality and, in more or less every production process, Maker’s uses slower and often outdated techniques to…
Earlier today, news came of the launch of Mortlach 70 Year Old. At the time of writing, it’s the oldest bottled Single Malt Whisky in the world. Bottled by Gordon…