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Bar Review – Purl
Bar Review – Purl

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…

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Courvoisier Cognac with an Age Statement
Courvoisier Cognac with an Age Statement

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…

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Ardbeg Alligator
Ardbeg Alligator

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…

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Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part Five
Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part Five

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…

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Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part Four
Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part Four

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…

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Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part Three
Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part Three

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…

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Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part Two
Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part Two

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%…

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Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part One
Feis Ile – The Islay Whisky Festival 2011 – Part One

“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…

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The World’s Oldest Whisky Liqueur
The World’s Oldest Whisky Liqueur

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…

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The Truth About Aisla T’Orten 105 Year Old
The Truth About Aisla T’Orten 105 Year Old

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…

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The World’s Oldest Whisky
The World’s Oldest Whisky

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…

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Master of Malt Cask-Aged Whisky Bitters
Master of Malt Cask-Aged Whisky Bitters

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….

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Glengoyne English Merchant’s Choice Review
Glengoyne English Merchant’s Choice Review

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…

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Maker’s Mark 46Maker’s Mark 46 review

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…

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The World’s Oldest Whisky – Mortlach 70 Year OldThe World’s Oldest Whisky – Mortlach 70 Year Old

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…

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