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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 8 – Janneau
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 8 – Janneau

It’s week 8 in our Around The World In 80 Drams tour – we’re one tenth of the way through! We’re making our third and final stop in France this…

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Battle of the Blends – The Results!
Battle of the Blends – The Results!

It was truly a battle for the ages, and now – sooner than you may have expected – we can reveal the results! If you’re wondering what this Whisky Magazine…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 7 – Courvoisier
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 7 – Courvoisier

Hello again and welcome to another edition of Around the World in 80 Drams, the blog series where I travel the world heading east tasting 80 different tasty treats. Well,…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 6 – Domaine Dupont
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 6 – Domaine Dupont

Hello and welcome to the 6th stop on my Around the World in 80 Drams expedition! Last week we were in Belgium with the Filliers fellas, and this week we’re…

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Dutch whisky made at The Zuidam distilleryAround The World In 80 Drams – Week 4 – Zuidam

Welcome to another edition of Around The World In 80 Drams, where we are continuing to explore distilleries from the Netherlands. Last week, we took a look at Lucas Bols…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 3 – Lucas Bols
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 3 – Lucas Bols

My around the world journey continues with my first overseas distillery! I hinted towards the next stop by saying there’s canals, art, a cool tram network and a very long…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 2 – Adnams
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 2 – Adnams

Welcome back to my Around The World In 80 Drams journey, which kicked off last week from the East London Liquor Co., unsurprisingly in East London. I left you with…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 1 – East London Liquor Company
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 1 – East London Liquor Company

I’m bad at geography. I’m not a proud man, I’ll own own up to my faults and I definitely suck at geography. Recently I told a good friend that there…

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Master of Cocktails – Tasting Notes; Reconstructed
Master of Cocktails – Tasting Notes; Reconstructed

Greetings one and all to another edition of #MasterofCocktails. If you didn’t catch last week’s instalment, you might not have seen that we’re changing up how we do this –…

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Talisker Skye in June
Talisker Skye in June

Earlier this year Talisker added another no age statement whisky to its range: Talisker Skye. This means that whilst it may not be able to claim to be “the only…

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Tasting Ledaig 42 Year Old Dùsgadh 1972
Tasting Ledaig 42 Year Old Dùsgadh 1972

Crikey it’s been busy around here lately! Father’s Day is upon us and we also have imminent releases coming out the wazoo! Sometimes you simply have to drop everything though,…

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Gascony Calling: A Single Cask Series Armagnac!
Gascony Calling: A Single Cask Series Armagnac!

So it may be gorgeous, So it may not be famous, Armagnac, twenty-one years old. There’s a new release in the Master of Malt Single Cask Series charts, and the…

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Six New Master of Malt Single Cask Bottlings PLUS We Present Our New Glass Closures
Six New Master of Malt Single Cask Bottlings PLUS We Present Our New Glass Closures

So then. Single Cask bottlings, eh? Specifically our Single Cask bottlings. It’s been a little while since we’ve bottled a load of delicious whisky for our Single Cask Series, but…

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The Lakes Distillery – A Delightful Weekend In The Country
The Lakes Distillery – A Delightful Weekend In The Country

“Are you a sponge or a stone? Do you like to experience all facets of life, or do you shut yourself off from new experience?” With whisky distilleries opening right…

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Glenlivet Nàdurra First Fill Selection
Glenlivet Nàdurra First Fill Selection

A little while back I received a sample of Nàdurra First Fill Selection only to get all full of horrible cold when the time came to taste it. Hmph. After…

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Tasmanian Whisky – Everything You Need to Know! (Part 8: William McHenry and The Small Concern)
Tasmanian Whisky – Everything You Need to Know! (Part 8: William McHenry and The Small Concern)

This is the final instalment in my series on Tasmanian Whisky and we begin with William McHenry and Sons; a distillery located about as remotely as you could imagine, on…

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