Category Archives: Scotch Whisky
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
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
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
Diageo Special Releases 2010
Ah, autumn. The turning of the leaves. The smell of wet earth. The first frost, and being able to see your breath in the mornings. Treading in dogshit on the way home because it’s dark after 5pm and no-one’s cleared … Continue reading
Dalmore 64 Trinitas at The Whisky Exchange
Every so often something pretty amazing happens. Beyond which, now and again, something happens that could be sensibly described as phenomenal. And then there’s stuff like this. Working in partnership with The Whisky Exchange, the Highlands’ most prestigious distillery The … Continue reading
Mortlach 70yo at the Whisky Show
I just got a heads-up that there’s going to be a very special prize draw at The Whisky Show this year… and TWENTY lucky visitors will get the chance to taste the world’s oldest whisky!! Obviously I’m biased, but I think that’s … Continue reading
Talisker Vs. Borough Market Tasting
Hello all, Have now returned from a delightful week in Wales, strolling on beaches, walking on cliff-tops and breathing smog-free air that hasn’t passed through several million internal combustion engines. My one regret during my enjoyment of this pastoral idyll was … Continue reading
Balvenie Peated Cask 17yo Tasting Notes
There’s been a few reviews of this forthcoming Balvenie release already, so I thought I might as well stick my oar in. These Balvenie 17yo’s have been coming out pretty regularly for a while now and have without exception sold extremely well. … Continue reading
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