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Feis Ile 2013: Islay Bound
Feis Ile 2013: Islay Bound

Fèis Ìle 2013. Here. We. Come. We set off for the Islay whisky festival on Thursday morning with Benedict and myself in one car, Cat and Monsieur Vachon in the…

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Spirit of Hven: Swedish Whisky, Vodka, and Gin
Spirit of Hven: Swedish Whisky, Vodka, and Gin

Rolling on with our recent trend of bringing new brands to the UK market (and beyond), we are pleased to introduce you to the Spirits of Hven. A Swedish whisky…

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World Whisky Day – Sat 18th May
World Whisky Day – Sat 18th May

The second World Whisky Day™, organised by Aberdeen University student Blair Bowman, is just around the corner. A new date of Saturday 18th May has been chosen for this year’s…

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Dodd’s Gin: 21st Century Engineering
Dodd’s Gin: 21st Century Engineering

The London Distillery Company, founded in 2011, that’s 2011, have recently released their first full product, created at their rather nifty Battersea distillery. Their plan, ultimately, is to produce whisky…

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The Glenlivet Alpha: It’s Started!
The Glenlivet Alpha: It’s Started!

You may have already heard the exciting news that The Glenlivet have launched a brand new expression without revealing any tasting notes or cask details – even the bottle is…

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Filliers Distillery: “It’s in Belgium”
Filliers Distillery: “It’s in Belgium”

As Ian McCulloch certainly didn’t say: We’ve been up to Filliers terrace, To see what’s a-happening… They’re mixing up the medici-i-i-ine (Note – not medicine #drinkaware) And we…

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The Ship Hits the Fans…Caskstrength launches a Cutty Sark!
The Ship Hits the Fans…Caskstrength launches a Cutty Sark!

It’s finally here. Yes, folks, Joel Harrison and Neil Ridley have raised the anchor and set sail to release the third instalment in their A-Z of whiskies series. This time,…

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Exclusive Bottling – Balblair 1990 Peated Cask – MoM Exclusive
Exclusive Bottling – Balblair 1990 Peated Cask – MoM Exclusive

It’s an exciting one, this… It’s not often that we get involved with Exclusive, Single-Cask bottlings direct from the distilleries themselves, as there’s generally much better value to be had…

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C is for… Cutty Sark!
C is for… Cutty Sark!

That’s right, folks. Those crafty chaps from Caskstrength announced today their new bottling! Due to launch on 25 March 2013, the third instalment in the much-celebrated Alphabet Series is indeed…

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Another 5 Releases from That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Another 5 Releases from That Boutique-y Whisky Company

Another month (well, nearly – it’s been over 3 weeks), another clutch of supremely awesome whiskies bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. This time we’re bringing you whiskies from Brora,…

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Something Awesome this way comes
Something Awesome this way comes

I’m sure you’ll all remember the frankly fantastic couple of bottlings launched by the irrepressible duo from Caskstrength Neil and Joel in the past year or so? First up was…

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Back in the US of A!
Back in the US of A!

And…we’re back! That’s right folks, we’re now shipping to the USA again! It was scary there for a moment, but this brave little eagle has personally agreed to fly all…

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That Boutique-y Whisky Company – Seven Brand New Releases
That Boutique-y Whisky Company – Seven Brand New Releases

Yep. Seven. Like a striding colossus of the whisky industry powered by pure inspiration, awesomeness and zeitgeist*, That Boutique-y Whisky Company have brought you not one, but seven brand new…

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Warner Edwards Harrington Dry Gin
Warner Edwards Harrington Dry Gin

This week, through thick snow and in the picturesque undulations of Northamptonshire, the Warner Edwards team has been busily bottling up their brand new Harrington Dry Gin – a debut…

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Glenmorangie Ealanta – New Release
Glenmorangie Ealanta – New Release

I like the Langham Hotel. I like the Landau restaurant within the Langham Hotel, recently taken over by Albert and Michel Roux Jr. especially as there’s a lunch menu which…

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Important Changes to Shipping…
Important Changes to Shipping…

It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that as of 14 January 2013, new aviation transport regulations have gone into effect that will make it *very* difficult…

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