A trip to Balblair

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Billy
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The lovely folk of Inver House Distillers (the Scottish production wing of International Beverages) recently invited me along to a trip around four of their distilleries with a bunch of international bloggers. Not being one to turn down distillery tours, … Continue reading >>

The Whisky Exchange Blog at Spirit of Speyside: Pt 4

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Tim F
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Welcome to the concluding part of Tim F’s monumental write-up of this year’s Spirit of Speyside festival.  Foolhardy stalwarts can find the earlier episodes here, here and here. Neil, Joel and I had to bid farewell to our fellow travellers on Saturday night after … Continue reading >>

The Whisky Exchange Blog at Spirit of Speyside: Pt 3

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Tim F
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This is the third part of Tim’s over-written journal from The Spirit of Speyside festival. Brave readers happening on this post for the first time may want to read Part 1 & Part 2 first.  Proper breaks should be taken between posts for refreshment … Continue reading >>

TWE Whisky Show Masterclass: The Gordon & Macphail Timeline

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Billy
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This is just a quick post to point you to a more in depth post, but following on from the announcement of our first masterclass at this year’s Whisky Exchange Whisky Show we are proud to announce our second – … Continue reading >>

The Whisky Exchange Blog at Spirit of Speyside: Pt. 2

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Tim F
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Welcome to part two of my epic jaunt around the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.  Click here if you missed Pt. 1 (or if you just fancy reading it again). The following morning, after a fine fry-up in Linn House’s … Continue reading >>

Single Malts of Scotland Springbank 1999

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Billy
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A quick post today about a new bottling that we’ve just got in from our sister company, Speciality Drinks Ltd, as part of the Single Malts of Scotland range – an 11 year old Springbank. It was matured in a … Continue reading >>

The Whisky Exchange Blog at Spirit of Speyside: Pt.1

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Tim F
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Now and again, working in the whisky industry and trotting out the occasional overly verbose blog throws up some spectacular fringe benefits that fully justify the grinding rectal ache of the three hour daily commute required to trek between southeast … Continue reading >>

Suntory Japanese Whisky Charity Tasting Event

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Duncan
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TWE Blog is proud to welcome the legendary Duncan Ross from TWE Vinopolis as a guest writer on the blog, with his first post being the following report on our recent charity Japanese whisky tasting: The events that occurred in Japan in March this year … Continue reading >>

New Compass Box: The Great King Street Artist’s Blend

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Billy
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The chaps at Compass Box do seem to like keeping busy. After celebrating their 10th anniversary for most of last year they got their noses back to the grindstone and started work on some new whisky. We can happily say … Continue reading >>

Suntory Japanese Whisky Tasting at TWE Vinopolis

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Tim F
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The Whisky Exchange Vinopolis is hosting a very special tasting event next week. In light of the horrific events that devastated a proud and noble nation on the 11th March, we felt it only right to do what we do best … Continue reading >>

Great news for customers from Germany and Sweden…

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Billy
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Two bits of good news today, but in short: We are now delivering to Germany again Orders to Germany and Sweden will only get charged local duty – ie. they’re now even cheaper than before

Ardbeg Embassy Launch Tasting at TWE Vinopolis

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Toby
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As mentioned a few posts ago we ran a tasting at the end of May to celebrate our shop’s ascension to the rank of Ardbeg Embassy. We were joined by Distillery Manager Mickey Heads and an audience of peat fans … Continue reading >>