Category Archives: WHISKY & WHISKEY
Bourbon Competition: Keep ‘Em Coming!
Well, I have to say a big thank you for all your entries into our Bourbon Competition! We’ve been inundated with suggestions over the last week. I stopped counting after the first couple of hundred, but the Word document that I carefully cut … Continue reading
Bourbon Competition: Win £500 credit at TWE!
Yes, it’s competition time again – and this time we’re upping the stakes with a truly fantastic prize: £500 credit at The Whisky Exchange!! Our sister company Speciality Drinks Ltd are going to launch a new premium bourbon soon – and they … Continue reading
Ardbeg Rollercoaster & TWE 10th Anniversary
Time for some more tasting notes now, but first a quick check on the predictions… Well, the Ardbeg debate has definitely kicked off on the forums, with the news that the official website have raised their price of Ardbeg 10yo … Continue reading
Secrets from Sukhinder’s Stash: Pride of Strathspey 1938
People assume that those of us privileged to work in the drinks trade spend our working hours constantly swigging free cocktails at trendy nitespots, before going home with supermodels, and only emerging from our dens of iniquity at two in … Continue reading
TWE Blog Whisky Predictions for 2010 – Pt. 2
Okay, so it’s been a while getting these down – apologies if anyone was waiting (joke). Right, firstly I need to apologise to Rob and Dave from Whisky Mag for something I said in the last blog. For the record, … Continue reading
TWE Blog Whisky Predictions for 2010 Pt.1
Okay, so the London transport network is f@cked, there’s more snow due this afternoon and I live too far away from work to risk trying to get in and find myself stuck in Park Royal when I try to get … Continue reading
Octomore 2.2 – Pictures and (Official) Tasting Notes
First things first. Open a new window and listen to this while you’re reading the blog. It’ll put you in a good mood, and this might be the last you see of me before Christmas, so I want you to be … Continue reading
Another Whisky Show Ticket Prize Draw!!
Well, after the success of the last prize draw for The Whisky Show, I felt kind of bad for all the unlucky applicants – so I asked for more tickets and they said Yes! This time the tickets are for SATURDAY … Continue reading
Whisky Show Prize Draw Winners!
Thank you all for entering the prize draw for The Whisky Show tickets! I was shocked with the number of entries received. More importantly, I only had two numpties who couldn’t follow the instructions, so my faith in your intelligence … Continue reading
The Whisky Show Tickets Prize Draw !
Yes indeed, I’ve got TEN PAIRS of tickets for The Whisky Show to give away!! This is what you get – the tickets are for FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER and the Show is on from 4pm-10pm: To enter, all you have to … Continue reading
Diageo Special Releases 2009 – The Verdict
Okay, so last night I was lucky enough to attend the press tasting of this year’s special Release from Diageo, the details of all of which are in my last post. It was a fairly merry affair, although I wasn’t socialising … Continue reading
Diageo Special Releases 2009 Announced
Just received the following stuff on the Diageo Special Releases for this year, so thought I’d better share. I’m going to a tasting of these tomorrow night, so will post my own impressions later in the week. The full line-up has … Continue reading
An April Fools’ masterpiece! Brilliant!