The Whisky Exchange BLOG

First up, an update on the Name That Bourbon competition: we’ve had well over a thousand suggestions so far, but still no winner - I did tell you that SDL are pretty picky!  Thank you all for your entries, especially the heroic Angus and Mike F who have contributed literally hundreds of names.  You’re all still in with a shout, though -  please, keep those entries coming to me at tim[at]thewhiskyexchange.com.  Don’t forget to check out the rules first, mind.

Now, the latest of our 10th Anniversary bottlings has just arrived – a Clynelish 37 year-old bottled at 46%.  It’s got high standards to live up to – I really enjoyed our recent Linkwood and Glenglassaugh and the rest of the bottlings have all been bloody good (if we do say so ourselves).  You can check out the other bottles we’ve done here.

I tasted this for the first time informally last night in the middle of a rather spectacular session in Sukhinder’s office (other highlights included the famous Rare Malts Brora 22yo and a wonderful 1980s Longmorn 12yo by Gordon & Macphail, but I digress).  I enjoyed it last night, but wanted to come at it fresh for my proper tasting notes, so here goes:

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Hello folks,

Matt from TWE Vinopolis has asked me to give you all a quick heads up on a night of organoleptic delights occurring at Vinopolis for Burns Night. I believe the Monday is now sold out, but there are still tickets available for the Thursday tasting with a well-known whisky pro as guest speaker leading the tasting.

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