Browsing Posts in: Scotch Whisky
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9 December 2009 by Tim F
First things first. Open a new window and listen to this while you’re reading the blog. It’ll put you in a good mood, and this might be the last you see of me before Christmas,…
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14 October 2009 by Tim F
Okay, so last night I was lucky enough to attend the press tasting of this year’s special Release from Diageo, the details of all of which are in my last post. It was a fairly…
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12 October 2009 by Tim F
Just received the following stuff on the Diageo Special Releases for this year, so thought I’d better share. I’m going to a tasting of these tomorrow night, so will post my own impressions later in the…
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22 September 2009 by Tim F
Continuing our trilogy of blog posts on noteworthy whisky press releases, let’s have a bit about the new Gold Bowmore. In contrast to Whyte & Mackay’s media-savvy pi$$-taking audaciousness, as discussed in my previous post and here,…
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28 August 2009 by Tim F
I’m delighted to have a preview bottle of the general release of Ardbeg Corryvreckan sitting on my desk, so I thought I’d dip in and share my thoughts in what has turned out to be the first blog post…
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16 July 2009 by Tim F
No post last week due to the fact that my colleagues and I were all up to our eyes in the preparation for (and subsequent execution of ) the Herculean task that is the TWE…
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3 July 2009 by Tim F
In the interests of full disclosure, and to give any conspiracy theorists out there more grist for their mills, I will begin this blog by revealing that I and several other lucky whisky-lovers will be going to watch…
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26 June 2009 by Tim F
Well well, what’s this? Yes, it’s a pre-release sample of Kilchoman 3yo, as dropped in by none other than Anthony Wills himself at a meeting with Sukhinder earlier this week. For those who can’t read…
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12 June 2009 by Tim F
This just in from Mark Reynier’s Bruichladdich blog… Apparently this year’s release was peated to 140ppm before distillation. Yikes!
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2 June 2009 by Tim F
Day 10: A Kick In The Ballochs… Bang on 7am and our alarm clock blasts into action, as welcoming a sound as a prize festival bottling smashing on a stone floor and the accompanying ‘yelp’…
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by Tim F
The Malty-Millionaires…. Holiday: n: ‘A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate…
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1 June 2009 by Tim F
A bunch of prize tossers It was another early start on Friday as we had a lot of ground to cover. First up was a 9.30am tasting at Islay’s newest distillery, Kilchoman, where we were…
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29 May 2009 by Tim F
Day Seven “Can I throw my apple-core in the sea?” Ahhh! A rare lie-in for the bloggers with just an 11am start to our day. Bliss! Today was another day of tastings and we were…
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28 May 2009 by Tim F
Jeepers, these tastings just keep getting earlier and earlier! The alarm goes off at 7.30 and we’re blearily making tea and filling bowls of sugar puffs before leaving at 8.45 to our first tasting at…
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27 May 2009 by Tim F
Day 5 –there’s no way a Chinchilla can play drums like that…. After shaking the bed out to check for any errant sand fleas that might have escaped the heel of a brogue the night before,…
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26 May 2009 by Tim F
Day Four – Shame, Sunsets and Sandfleas Today was all about Caol Ila. After watching Newcastle and ‘Boro crash out from the Premiership on Sunday night we were in high spirits on the way up…
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by Tim F
The weather had improved incredibly after Saturday’s wash out, so onwards to the Bruichladdich open day. Speaking to Jim McEwan the night before, the last 8 years of festivals have remained sunny for the distillery’s…
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25 May 2009 by Tim F
The 6.30 wake up call resonated through our ears like plates being dropped in a restaurant; initial shock followed by reluctant applause. But you get on with enjoying your lot and pay your bill at…
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Sugar cane honey is filtered and evaporated sugar cane juice. It's thicker and stays fresh longer than pure juice, but doesn't go through as much of a refining process as molasses.
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Hi, what is the difference between molasses and sugarcane honey ?
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Not a comment on the whisky, but the alleged advertisement mentioned at the top of the page (which was almost certainly fake, featuring as it did American spelling) refers to the later “Imperial...
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