Selecting and bottling casks of whisky takes a lot longer than people think. This time last year – well, 11-and-a-bit months ago – Billy Leighton, master blender at Midleton distillery in Ireland, stopped by with some whiskey…
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Posted on 22 February 2016 by Billy
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Elements of Islay Peat – a slice of island life
Posted on 17 February 2016 by Billy
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We like the Elements of Islay here at The Whisky Exchange blog. Admittedly, they are bottled by our sister company and selected by Oliver Chilton, occasional writer here and developer of The Whisky Exchange’s own exclusive bottlings,…
Continue reading »Ciroc Derek Zoolander Blue Steel – Double Magnum Prize Draw!
Posted on 12 February 2016 by Billy
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I am often shocked by a lack of culture from my TWE Blog colleagues. While I was happy to lend them a copy of Dude Where’s My Car – the finest film ever made – to ensure…
Continue reading »Amrut Everest – Standing by Nepal
Posted on 10 February 2016 by Billy
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Behind the scenes, The Whisky Exchange is a very international company. We have people from all over the world throughout the business, from Spanish web developers to Romanian photographers, Portuguese designers, Finnish spirits advisers and even…
Continue reading »Tasting the 2015 Diageo Special Releases
Posted on 8 February 2016 by Billy
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Our yearly tasting calendar is a varied list of events, taking in everything from whisky to spirits and liqueurs, with even an occasional foray into the world of fizzy wine – tickets to our next tasting, Growers’…
Continue reading »Spirit of the Month – Saliza Amaretto Veneziano
Posted on 5 February 2016 by Rocky
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Something different for February’s Spirit of the Month – a liqueur. We’ve chosen a classic Italian almond-flavoured example: Salizá Amaretto Veneziano from Bepi Tosolini. Amaretto is an almond-flavoured liqueur which is predominantly made in Italy….
Continue reading »Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve – Champagne of the Month
Posted on 3 February 2016 by Billy
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Next up on our Of The Month list for February is Champagne – this month’s top fizz is from Charles Heidsieck. I admit I didn’t think I knew anything about Charles Heidsieck before I started looking…
Continue reading »Malt of the Month – Craigellachie 13 Year Old
Posted on 1 February 2016 by Stuart
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A new month means a great whisky deal to tell you about, and for February, we’re spreading the word about Craigellachie 13 Year Old – and we’ve knocked £4 off the price. Distillery bottlings of…
Continue reading »New Year, New Beer!
Posted on 29 January 2016 by Billy
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As I have mentioned before, I’m a beer fan. Annoyingly, we’ve not had many on the website, with our small selection consisting of a pair of great Scottish brewers – Harviestoun and Windswept – and…
Continue reading »Glenmorangie Milsean – sweet drams are made of this
Posted on 28 January 2016 by Rocky
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Launched in 2010, Glenmorangie’s Private Edition series has given a home to the experiments Dr Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie’s director of distilling and whisky creation, had been carrying out on a smaller scale for many years….
Continue reading »Burns Night – poetry an’ whisky gang thegither!
Posted on 25 January 2016 by Billy
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This evening is one of the most important in the Scottish whisky drinking calendar: Burns Night. It’s important enough that I’ve written about it for three of the past four years here on the blog…
Continue reading »Starward – a New World Whisky
Posted on 22 January 2016 by Billy
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Australian whisky is on the up. This is far from a new thing, with Sullivans Cove French Oak picking up the World’s Best Whisky award at the World Whiskies Awards in 2014 and more distilleries…
Continue reading »UK Blog Awards – vote for us!
Posted on 15 January 2016 by Billy
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When it comes to competitions, the past year has been great for The Whisky Exchange – we’ve picked up both the Digital Entrepreneur Small E-Commerce Business of the Year award and the International Wine and…
Continue reading »Laphroaig 1997 TWE Exclusive – a steal of a price
Posted on 12 January 2016 by Billy
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Continuing our Laphroaig theme from yesterday, we’ve got a great TWE exclusive to share – Laphroaig 1997 bottled by Berry Brothers. However, we also have an admission to make: we’ve been selling it at the wrong price….
Continue reading »Laphroaig 32 Year Old – the end of a special birthday year
Posted on 11 January 2016 by Billy
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Laphroaig’s birthday celebrations have drawn to a close. It was their 200th, so we don’t begrudge them a year of partying, especially as it has featured a few special releases. Things kicked off with the 15…
Continue reading »New year, new drinks of the month for January
Posted on 8 January 2016 by Billy
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The new year is starting with a bang – three new drinks of the month each with a great money-saving deal. I’ll start with the Malt of the Month, as it’s a whisky that I tried…
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Blog Review of 2015
Posted on 6 January 2016 by Billy
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2015 was as busy as ever, with loads of new drinks appearing on our shelves and more customers than ever before – thank you for making it such a success. It’s now 2016, and that…
Continue reading »Plantation Rum – Caribbean character with a French twist
Posted on 4 January 2016 by Billy
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If you’re a fan of rum then you’ve probably heard of Plantation. Exploding onto the scene a few years back, they’ve already grown to become one of the most-awarded rum bottlers in the world, including…
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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!
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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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