Author Archives: Tim F
Tasting Notes: Port Ellen 1982 Royal Wedding Whisky
Just arrived – our very special single sherry cask 1982 Port Ellen Royal Wedding Reserve! We mentioned this in our earlier guide to Royal Wedding whiskies, so let’s try and give you an idea of what it’s all about with … Continue reading
TWE Whisky Show Masterclass: Sherry Heaven
We’ve got some exciting news about The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show today on TWE Blog, as I’m announcing the first of this year’s Masterclasses! And you’d better strap yourselves in, because it’s a stunner… To maintain the standards of previous events … Continue reading
Whisky Show Tickets Now On Sale!!
Hi Folks, Just a quick heads-up that tickets for The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show are now on sale from ticketsource.co.uk! Click here to get yours: http://www.whisky-show.com/whisky-show-2011-tickets Don’t hang around, as advance interest has been very high for these. The TWE … Continue reading
40 Year-Old Whiskies: A Guide
Ok, we’re doing something a bit different today on The Whisky Exchange Blog – a collaborative post! Yes, this particular blog on forty year-old whisky has been written by myself AND Sukhinder: he’s supplied the history and the cold hard … Continue reading
Shackleton’s Whisky – Mackinlay’s Reborn
Such was the (possibly apocryphal) advertisement with which Ernest Shackleton was said to have recruited team members for his unsuccessful Antarctic trip, which began in 1907 and ended in 1909 as encroaching sea ice forced an early departure. Shackleton’s expedition … Continue reading
Royal Wedding Whisky: A Guide
So, unless you’re one of those lucky people who live in a cave or on top of a pillar of stone without access to a decent Wi-Fi signal, it’s unlikely to have escaped your attention that in a month or so’s time the … Continue reading
Whisky Tasting Notes: Caol Ila Moch
It’s fair to say that I’ve had a good week. On Monday I was lucky enough to attend a fantastic Compass Box tasting at TWE Vinopolis, hosted by head honcho John Glaser, who took the rapt crowd through seven of his superb … Continue reading
New Event: The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show
Some TWE news today – most of you will be aware that The Whisky Exchange have been involved for the last two years as organisers of The Whisky Show, in partnership with Graeme Wallace of GW Publishing. The Shows have … Continue reading
TWE Suspends Shipping to Germany
Update: The bad times are past and we now deliver to Germany again. See over here for a blog post all about it (and some tasty tax related shenanigans which mean that German orders have some extra benefits). The post … Continue reading
Whisky Tasting Notes: Glenugie 1977 Deoch an Doras
Chivas have launched a new range of cask strength single malts from extinct distilleries to compliment the Cask Strength Edition bottlings from their active distilleries. ‘Deoch an Doras’ translates roughly as ‘a drink at the door’ and refers to a dram … Continue reading
Whisky Tasting Notes: Lochside 1981 TWE
Hello all, and welcome to the new look TWE Blog! The Whisky Exchange’s resident design bod has tarted up the blog’s look and we now feel like some sort of internet whisky blog dandy in a new suit. To celebrate, I thought … Continue reading
Happy Christmas from The Whisky Exchange Blog!!
OK, first an apology – it’s been so sublimely hectic here at TWE Towers over the last two months that I’ve not had time to sit down and write a proper blog for ages. As I write I’ve just uploaded the … Continue reading
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