Kirsteen Campbell is master blender for both The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark. We caught up with her to ask her about blended whisky, single malts and more. What are the key stylistic and flavour profiles of Famous Grouse…
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Five Questions: Kirsteen Campbell, master blender, The Famous Grouse
Posted on 1 November 2016 by Stuart
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Whisky is for summer – not just for Christmas
Posted on 1 August 2016 by Billy
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Being a dedicated Scotch whisky drinker, I normally don’t do that well in summer. Traditionally, Scotch whisky is associated with cooler weather, and the past month here in London has not provided me with a…
Continue reading »Award Season Analysis – Fool's Gold?
Posted on 17 August 2012 by Tim F
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A big congratulations to all the British medal-winners… at the 2012 International Wine & Spirits Competition, the Spirits categories of which were announced a week or two ago. A total of 1,346 medals were awarded this year…
Continue reading »Burns Night with TWE & Vinopolis
Posted on 2 February 2012 by Billy
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For the Scotch whisky lover there’s one event that pops up early in the calendar that gives the perfect excuse for a bit of a special dram or three – Burns Night. On and around…
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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.
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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...
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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...
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