Browsing Posts in: Scotch Whisky

2013 – The TWEBlog review of the year

7 Comments on 2013 – The TWEBlog review of the year

2013 in review

There seems to be a long running tradition across the internets of writing round-up posts at the beginning of the year. I’ve not yet done so and am starting to feel left out, so here’s…

Continue reading »

The Ones That (Might Have) Got Away

12 Comments on The Ones That (Might Have) Got Away

The Ones That Got Away

One of our big tasks in December is finding interesting products to put special offers on. These can be things we’ve got lots of bottles of, things that we can knock some money off and…

Continue reading »

Glenfiddich Spirit of a Nation

9 Comments on Glenfiddich Spirit of a Nation

Glenfiddich Spirit of a Nation

December saw the official launch of the Glenfiddich ‘Spirit of a Nation’ 29 Year Old Limited Edition. The bottling was produced to commemorate their sponsorship of the Walking With The Wounded South Pole Challenge 2013….

Continue reading »

Fine Spirits and Whisky Advent Calendar – the last few days…

12 Comments on Fine Spirits and Whisky Advent Calendar – the last few days…

Fine Spirits and Whisky Advent Calendar

It’s almost Christmas and for us in the drinks retail business it’s almost time to have a sit down and a rest. For me, aka the Arbiter Of Advent, it’s coming on time to hang…

Continue reading »

Whisky of the Year 2013

13 Comments on Whisky of the Year 2013

Whisky of the Year

We quite like awards at TWE. Every year we seem to pick up a few, but other than the TWE Blog Awards that we have yet to repeat (one day…) we generally seem to sit…

Continue reading »

Fine Spirits and Whisky Advent Calendar

No Comments on Fine Spirits and Whisky Advent Calendar

We’ve been quietly cooking something up for the last few months and today we can reveal our work to the world – The Whisky Exchange Fine Spirits and Whisky Advent Calendar. It’s a fairly simple…

Continue reading »

Girvan Patent Still

7 Comments on Girvan Patent Still

Girvan Distillery

Single Grain Scotch Whisky (as defined by our SWA overlords) has long had an ambiguous existence in the global whisky industry. Produced primarily to supply the overwhelming demand for Blended Scotch Whisky, it rarely sees…

Continue reading »

Caol Ila Masterclass with Colin Dunn

6 Comments on Caol Ila Masterclass with Colin Dunn

Colin Dunn at The Whisky Exchange Vinopolis

Monday 11th November saw the eagerly anticipated return to Vinopolis of Colin Dunn, Diageo Whisky Ambassador and recently deserved inductee into the Keepers of the Quaich. Star of such classic tastings as “Barley and the…

Continue reading »

Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2014

9 Comments on Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2014

Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2014

Another year, another burst of whisky-related discussion and outrage on the internets – Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2014 is out. Over 4500 whiskies, along with Jim’s tasting notes and scores, packed into one pocket sized…

Continue reading »

Diageo Special Releases 2013

26 Comments on Diageo Special Releases 2013

Diageo Special Releases 2013

Autumn is upon us and the Diageo Special Releases 2013 are here. For those not up to speed on Diageo’s yearly release cycle, about now every year they release a range of whiskies from across…

Continue reading »

The Latest from the Elements of Islay

5 Comments on The Latest from the Elements of Islay

Elements of Islay

This year’s Whisky Show has been a rather busy time for us. Not only did we have a show to put on (it went very well, thank you for asking – our writeup of the…

Continue reading »

Highland Park Toast 40 Years of Linn

5 Comments on Highland Park Toast 40 Years of Linn

Linn_HighlandPark_Sondek_small

A press release lands on our doormat with a small bottle.  Not an unusual occurrence; but this is a far from usual bottle, as it contains no less than Highland Park 40 year old.  I…

Continue reading »

TWE Whisky Show 2013: The Report

9 Comments on TWE Whisky Show 2013: The Report

Phew! The Whisky Show is finally over for another year.  This was our biggest and best Show yet, with dozens of exhibitors serving over 500 different spirits (not all of them were whisky…) in an…

Continue reading »

Whisky Show Bottlings, and a trip to Signatory

7 Comments on Whisky Show Bottlings, and a trip to Signatory

Signatory whisky

Ah, Signatory. Finally the secret can be revealed. Some time ago, back in April in fact, a delegation from TWE made a trip up to Scotland, to Pitlochry and Elgin, on a secret mission. The…

Continue reading »

Compass Box of Delilah-ights

No Comments on Compass Box of Delilah-ights

Compass Box Delilah's

So today we have three new Compass Box goodies to have a go at, which is great because, remarkably, this week marks the fifth year since The Whisky Exchange Whisky Blog (snappy title) first slithered…

Continue reading »

Classic Book Reviews: Whisky by Aeneas MacDonald

10 Comments on Classic Book Reviews: Whisky by Aeneas MacDonald

Whisky

Today’s review is of one of the most important, most-revered books about whisky ever written, Whisky by Aeneas Macdonald, which was first published in an edition of 1600 copies by Porpoise Press in 1930.  My…

Continue reading »

Tasting Notes: Tomatin Cù Bòcan

12 Comments on Tasting Notes: Tomatin Cù Bòcan

Cu Bocan

Tomatin has crept under the radar recently to become something of the hipster-namecheck distillery of the moment.  This unexpected turn of events is probably down to a number of factors which include the revamp of…

Continue reading »

Classic Book Reviews: Scotch by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart

7 Comments on Classic Book Reviews: Scotch by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart

Scotch

Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart was a very interesting man.  His book, Scotch: The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story, appeared in 1951 when its author was in his sixties and approaching the twilight of…

Continue reading »
Showing page
19 of 27
Scroll To Top

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. Find out more

Close