March rapidly approaches, and with it a pair of excellent virtual tastings – a deep dive into the world of fortified wine with our tame MW, and some very sought-after whiskies from the Macallan… March’s…
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Posted on 24 February 2021 by Billy
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New Japanese Whisky Labelling Standards
Posted on 16 February 2021 by Billy
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Whisky has been made in Japan for almost 100 years, but until recently it has been relatively unknown. The huge growth outside of Japan in the past few years has started to show cracks in…
Continue reading »Clynelish 1999 21 Years of Friendship – Sukhinder Singh & Toru Suzuki
Posted on 10 February 2021 by Billy
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While we finished celebrating our 20th birthday at the end of last year, it’s not the only anniversary that deserves some attention. Over the past couple of decades, we’ve met many whisky people from around…
Continue reading »New Exclusives: Edradour and Ballechin sherry casks
Posted on 9 February 2021 by Billy
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We’ve been working with the team at Edradour to release excellent exclusive single cask bottlings of whisky for years, and our latest pair of whiskies has arrived – an 11-year-old Edradour and a 14-year-old Ballechin,…
Continue reading »Up-Cycling Your Christmas Drinks Part 5 – Cognac and Calvados
Posted on 5 February 2021 by Ning
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The holidays are a time of merriment and family, often accompanied by bottles that make their yearly debut, hang around for a couple of days and then return to the drinks cupboard where they wait…
Continue reading »Virtual Whisky Show: Old & Rare 2021
Posted on 29 January 2021 by Billy
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It’s that time again. As February rolls around, whisky fans from around the globe usually get ready to head to the UK to find some of the finest drams ever bottled from across whisky history…
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Posted on 28 January 2021 by Ning
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For many people, myself included, sherry has a reputation of being a favourite of Grandmas everywhere. Similar to Port, this fortified wine has become known for its sweet flavours and slightly sticky texture, despite the…
Continue reading »Up-cycling your Christmas drinks part 3 – liqueurs
Posted on 19 January 2021 by Billy
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There are certain Christmas bottles that have a bad habit of slowly migrating backwards through the drinks cabinet. They’re excitedly bought and placed at the front of the shelf, ready for a spot of festive…
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Posted on 15 January 2021 by Billy
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It’s the new year and we’re back with a whole new program of virtual tastings and more. We’re kicking things off with a pair of events you won’t want to miss…
Continue reading »Up-cycling Your Christmas Drinks Part 2 – Port
Posted on 14 January 2021 by Tom
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Port’s reputation in the UK has become a little dusty. It is, in the mind’s eye, just heavy wine – sweet and delicious, certainly, but also, perhaps, reminiscent of being slightly too hot, and a…
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Single Casks Batch 3
Posted on 11 January 2021 by Billy
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Back in 2019, quite quietly, we launched a new range of whiskies. In the middle of last year, we released a second batch, also quite quietly. But now, with the launch of our latest whiskies,…
Continue reading »Up-cycling Your Christmas Drinks Part 1 – Vermouth
Posted on 8 January 2021 by Caroline
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We’re on a mission to help you find tasty uses for all those bottles which might otherwise languish untouched after the anything-goes imbibing of the festive season. Remember: drinks are for life, not just for Christmas.
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Blog Review of 2020
Posted on 1 January 2021 by Billy
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Well. That was definitely a year. But hidden in among the various trials and tribulations of 2020 there were a load of excellent drink-related things, and, optimists that we are here at The Whisky Exchange,…
Continue reading »Loch Lomond 2010 Cask #349 – a fruity new exclusive
Posted on 15 December 2020 by Billy
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The past few years have seen Loch Lomond recreate itself, going from being a maker of anonymous blends to an award-winning single malt producer with a wide range of whiskies on the shelves. We’ve had…
Continue reading »Karuizawa Distillers and Komoro Distillery – a new chapter in Nagano whisky making
Posted on 12 December 2020 by Billy
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Karuizawa is a hefty name in Japanese whisky. A town with an eponymous distillery whose whiskies now change hands for many thousands of pounds a bottle. A distillery which is not only closed but has…
Continue reading »Whisky of the Year – and the winner is…
Posted on 1 December 2020 by Billy
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It is the first day of December, so, as promised, we would like to announce The Whisky Exchange Whisky of the Year. Drumroll please…
Continue reading »Black Tot 50th Anniversary – remembering naval rum
Posted on 26 November 2020 by Billy
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This year has been ‘special’ for many reasons, but one that we have especially enjoyed marking here at The Whisky Exchange has been the 50th anniversary of Black Tot Day – it’s been 50 years…
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