This year has gone both strangely fast and slow. The whisky calendar is all over the place and while most things have been delayed, others are keeping to plan or even arriving earlier than expected….
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2020 – Rare by Nature part two
Posted on 28 August 2020 by Billy
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Midleton Very Rare
Posted on 26 August 2020 by Ning
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One of the most sought-after ranges of Irish whiskey, the Midleton Very Rare series was created in 1984 by master distiller Barry Crockett. Every year, a handful of specially-selected casks are blended together to create…
Continue reading »Ardbeg Beer – The Shortie Smoky Porter
Posted on 14 August 2020 by Billy
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The past few months have seen delays to lots of new drinks. Hiding in that list is one that I’ve been waiting for – a new beer. I love beer, but when it crosses over…
Continue reading »Whisky of the Year – nominations open!
Posted on 10 August 2020 by Billy
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While the months have both dragged and sped by this year, they have still continued to bounce along, and have now led us to one of the most important moments of 2020 – nominations for…
Continue reading »Virtual Tastings – August 2020
Posted on 27 July 2020 by Billy
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Summer’s in full swing and our virtual tasting program continues with some appropriately late-summer sessions. Summer-sipping July has been great for tastings, with everything from American whiskeys for Independence Day and oily Islay drams, to…
Continue reading »50 years of Black Tot Day, 24 hours of rum madness
Posted on 17 July 2020 by TWE Admin
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31 July is Black Tot Day, a special day for rum lovers. This year is even more special than usual – it’s fifty years since the first one. To celebrate, there’s some extra-special rum shenanigans…
Continue reading »Waterford – terroir and teireoir
Posted on 24 June 2020 by Billy
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Ever since Waterford first spun up its mill and stepped into the world of distilling in 2017, it’s been disruptive; doing something different and challenging both the whisky industry and consumers. But now, after three…
Continue reading »Virtual Tastings – July 2020
Posted on 22 June 2020 by Billy
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While our shop at London Bridge is now open, we’re not quite ready to start running tastings in person yet, so our program of Virtual Tastings continues! Virtual Tastings June’s line-up of tastings has been…
Continue reading »Chichibu On The Way 2019 – not long now…
Posted on 28 May 2020 by Billy
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Chichibu is a distillery that’s rapidly getting a lot of attention. Sat at the front of the new wave of Japanese whisky distilleries, it also has heritage, making for a combination of old and new…
Continue reading »Virtual Tastings – June 2020
Posted on 26 May 2020 by Billy
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The summer is rapidly approaching and with it a need for some interesting drinks. While we’re not meeting up in person yet, our virtual tastings program is bigger and better than ever, with four more…
Continue reading »Feis Ile 2020 – The Islay Festival online
Posted on 22 May 2020 by Billy
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The end of May is usually a time for celebration in the whisky world – it’s time for Fèis Ìle, the Islay Festival of Malt and Music. A week-long celebration of Scotland’s most distillery-packed island,…
Continue reading »The Glenlivet Spectra – can you solve the puzzle?
Posted on 18 May 2020 by Billy
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The Glenlivet is a tricksy whisky. While the distillery is normally quite transparent about how it makes its whisky, once a year they release a bottle where they hide all the details. First Alpha, then…
Continue reading »Virtual Tastings – May 2020
Posted on 1 May 2020 by Billy
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It’s a new month and we’ve got a new line-up of virtual tastings to keep you learning about great drinks from the comfort of your own sofa. Mid May brings us World Whisky Day, and…
Continue reading »The Wonders of Wine
Posted on 22 April 2020 by Ning
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Wine is one of the most popular drinks in the world, yet with near-endless options (we have more than 1,000 bottles of still and sparkling wine on our site alone) it can be hard to…
Continue reading »Virtual Cognac Show
Posted on 16 April 2020 by Billy
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It’s time for the third edition of The Whisky Exchange’s award-winning Cognac Show. However, there’s one major difference this year – it’s going to be online. While we’ve had to postpone the in-person Cognac Show,…
Continue reading »Covid-19 Charity Auction and a new Karuizawa
Posted on 14 April 2020 by Billy
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It’s time to get bidding – Whisky.Auction’s Covid-19 Charity auction ends tonight, 14 April 2020! There are loads of great lots donated by people across the drinks world, from brands to fans and everyone in…
Continue reading »Virtual Tastings
Posted on 7 April 2020 by Billy
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It’s a strange time. The Whisky Exchange team are almost all working from home and all of our upcoming events for the next few months have been cancelled or postponed. However, we, like many others,…
Continue reading »You know it makes sense – new TV tie-in whiskies
Posted on 1 April 2020 by TWE Admin
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While TV-tie in whiskies were once an idea only raised in the context of jokes, the success of Diageo’s Game of Thrones series last year proved beyond doubt that they are anything but. Other brands…
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Excellent recipes. I've bought a bottle of Baron Sigognac 10, and I'm a little under-whelmed, so I thought "cocktails" but there aren't many.
Posted on: 24 December 2021
We do run monthly competitions – often more than one a month – exclusively for our online customers, including one recently that
Good to see The Whisky Exchange only values it's London customers, maybe I should buy from other online suppliers who may value my business more than TWE in 2022.
Posted on: 17 December 2021
Not quite yet, but we'll be looking to restart them as soon as we're comfortable that we can do so safely. In the meantime, we do have Whisky Show in a few weeks, both in person and virtual:...
Posted on: 9 September 2021
Just wondered, any in shop tastings planned soon?
Posted on: 9 September 2021