The past few years have seen lots of new Irish whiskies hit the market. Thanks to the increase in popularity and the success of the new releases, there are now as many as 50 distilleries…
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Nine Irish distillers you should know
Posted on 7 March 2019 by Billy
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St Patrick’s Day drinks – more than Guinness
Posted on 10 March 2017 by Rocky
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St Patrick’s Day is the day when Ireland celebrates its patron saint, both a religious and cultural festival. As it approaches, how should you mark the occasion and more importantly, what should you drink? There’s…
Continue reading »I'm Beggin for a Kilbeggan
Posted on 20 April 2012 by Chris
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[A post today from Chris, shop assistant manager and tastings overlord. What follows is the outcome of allowing him to travel the country by train, giving him all that time to sit and think as…
Continue reading »TWE Blog Awards!
Posted on 16 February 2012 by Tim F
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It’s Oscar time again, and even in the whisky world the awards season is in full swing. Basking in the warm glow of our award for Best Online / Direct Mail Retailer of the Year at the recent…
Continue reading »St. Patrick's Day Cooley Irish Whiskey Tasting
Posted on 30 March 2010 by Tim F
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We were privileged to have Cooley distillery’s Noel Sweeney conduct a St. Patrick’s Day tasting for us at The Whisky Exchange in Vinopolis, showing off a range of their fine products. We started off with…
Continue reading »Whisky Blog PR Frenzy Pt. 2
Posted on 30 July 2009 by Tim F
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After the last blog’s doom and gloom in the whisky world I thought I’d try and get a bit more upbeat, so this post is going to be more about fun events, websites, good news and…
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Created by master distiller Robert Fleming, this small-batch Tomintoul was aged in American oak barrels...
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A soft and fruity limited-edition single malt from 60s distillery Tomintoul, finished in hand-pi...
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This single malt from Glencadam was matured in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in hand-selected white Port barriq...
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This rum was distilled in 2006 and matured for eight years in Panama before being moved to...
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What really makes Bob Harris' predicament in 'Lost In Translation' so absurdly funny is that he nailed it in one take, and the director just couldn't accept that.
Posted on: 11 January 2024
I'd say there's not a lot between them. I'd say that the techniques used to make the rum change the flavour more than the raw material between molasses and cane honey, so it'll be other factors that...
Posted on: 26 October 2023
Such a pity that the distillery was destroyed. I had the great luck to try one of these, to me almost magic, Karuizawas. It was a 1972/2008, 36y, #7290 with 65%. Since today I have memoriesof this...
Posted on: 17 October 2023