Back on the Edinburgh drams after my emergency break-away for the Glenkinchie 10. This one was part of a whisky flight I had in the Ensigne Ewart, I'll cover the rest in due course but I wanted to start with this one as it intrigues me. Dalmore. I know it's had its critics but I … Continue reading Dalmore. Give me more!
Strange title I know but you'll find out why soon enough. I've got a soft spot for Glenkinchie. In fact I've got a soft spot for lowland distilleries really. I'm not sure why, possibly down to their rarity, their dwarfed in numbers by most of the other regions, and their lighter sweeter style is something … Continue reading Glenkinchie 10. Emergency Review.
Whilst in Edinburgh I had the great opportunity to taste a whisky from a long lost distillery. Those detectives amongst you from my previous blog would have worked out that this distillery was Imperial. Imperial distillery was founded in Speyside in 1897 by Thomas Mackenzie, this guy had mega-money. He owned the distilleries neighbour Dailuiane … Continue reading Imperial Distillery. Gone but not forgotten.
Another terrible pun. Am I getting better at making them worse? This begins a fair stretch of reviews from my very serious fact finding trip to Edinburgh. I did it for you all, honestly the awful things I go through to provide you with content! Anyway, Miltonduff. What do we know about them? Honestly I … Continue reading Miltonduff-er?
Ok. I'm sorry. Promise I'll do better with the titles of these things. Anyway we've more important things to discuss, let's begin! I was enjoying a week off work, and decided it was time to open my Christmas present. Well. Re-open it. It was wrapped up, I unwrapped it, now I wanted to open it. … Continue reading BenRiach. One in a Chameleon?
Arguably the most famous brand in single malt scotch whisky. Its a total icon of the genre, the Bob Hope of the whisky world; it's been around for as long as we can remember and it is still relevant and knocking out quality scotch like Mr Hope did with his jokes for so many years. … Continue reading Monarch of the Glen-fiddich
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