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Tim F
Tim was the TWE blog’s first blogger and worked for The Whisky Exchange from 2003 to 2013, where he rose to the dizzy heights of Web Editor. Along with his protégé/lackey Billy, he was to blame for all the written content on the TWE website, plus tasting notes, press releases and social media.
Posted on 21 April 2011 by Tim F
Hi Folks, Just a quick heads-up that tickets for The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show are now on sale from ticketsource.co.uk! Click here to get yours: http://www.whisky-show.com/whisky-show-2011-tickets Don’t hang around, as advance interest has been very…
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Posted on 15 April 2011 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 4 April 2011 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 30 March 2011 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 25 February 2011 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 17 February 2011 by Tim F
Some TWE news today – most of you will be aware that The Whisky Exchange have been involved for the last two years as organisers of The Whisky Show, in partnership with Graeme Wallace of…
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Posted on 14 February 2011 by Tim F
Update: The bad times are past and we now deliver to Germany again. See over here for a blog post all about it (and some tasty tax related shenanigans which mean that German orders have…
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Posted on 1 February 2011 by Tim F
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’…
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Posted on 20 January 2011 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 23 December 2010 by Tim F
OK, first an apology – it’s been so sublimely hectic here at TWE Towers over the last two months that I’ve not had time to sit down and write a proper blog for ages. As…
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Posted on 3 November 2010 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 22 October 2010 by Tim F
It’s that time of year again…The Whisky Show, the world’s finest festival of the distiller’s art, is almost upon us – next week in fact! Tickets are still selling fast, but the good news is that I’ve been…
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Posted on 14 October 2010 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 6 October 2010 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 22 September 2010 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 10 September 2010 by Tim F
After a slight (ok, considerable) delay, the final TWE 10th anniversary bottling has finally arrived. Amrut has been one of the major success stories in the UK market over the last couple of years, and we’re…
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Posted on 3 September 2010 by Tim F
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…
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Posted on 26 August 2010 by Tim F
A mere week or so after the story of scientists turning whisky by-products into biofuel broke, another recycling whisky-based story has turned up – this time from the Couldn’t-Make-It-Up department (aka the chaps at Vinopolis who clearly must…
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Recent Comments
Unfortunately, the answer is 'between 400g and 2000g per litre' :)
Posted on: 9 October 2024
What ratio of Sloe to gin is used, I see anything from 400 to 2000g of sloe to 1 litre of gin!
Posted on: 7 October 2024
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