For drinks fans, March has three big days: Mother’s Day: a time for buying your mum something tasty St Patrick’s Day: a time for focusing on tasty things from the Emerald Isle my birthday: a…
Continue reading »Malt of the Month – Bushmills 1608
Posted on 2 March 2015 by Billy
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The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show 2015 – tickets on sale now
Posted on 26 February 2015 by Billy
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Tickets for The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show 2015 are now on sale! For those who don’t need to know any more than that, just click on the image below to head to the ticket page. I’ll…
Continue reading »Talisker Skye – soft, strong and quite long
Posted on 19 February 2015 by Billy
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Talisker is known for its rugged whisky. Salty, smoky and definitely coastal, mirroring the nature of the Isle of Skye and fairly uncompromising in style. However, the latest new entry into their stable looks at a different side of the distillery’s character: its softer and more approachable nature. Introducing Talisker Skye.
Continue reading »Highland Park Odin – Norse code
Posted on 16 February 2015 by Stuart
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The final addition to Highland Park’s Valhalla Collection – Odin – is here, following in the footsteps of Thor, Loki and Freya . Also known as ‘The Furious One’, Odin, we are told, is the…
Continue reading »London Beer Week approaches…
Posted on 11 February 2015 by Billy
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Following on from the success of London Wine and Cocktail Weeks, our friends at Drink Up London have a new week of celebration on the cards: London Beer Week. It kicks off on 16 February,…
Continue reading »Glenmorangie Tusail – a Maris made in heaven
Posted on 9 February 2015 by Stuart
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Life is tough for Bill Lumsden. Every year, it’s his job to dream up new expressions of whisky. New Ardbegs, to keep the peat heads happy, and new Glenmorangies, which have featured a bewildering array…
Continue reading »Millstone 2004 TWE Exclusive – Dutch rye is here to stay
Posted on 5 February 2015 by Billy
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Over the past year, we’ve had a nice selection of whiskies exclusive to The Whisky Exchange. We’ve had a few trips up to Scotland to wander around warehouses and sit in meeting rooms; nosing, tasting and selecting whiskies that will have our name on. However, we’ve not recently ventured outside of the UK, a situation that has now changed with our latest exclusive: Millstone 2004 Dutch Single Rye Whisky cask #667.
Continue reading »Malt of the Month – Cardhu 18 Year Old
Posted on 3 February 2015 by Stuart
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They’re big whisky drinkers in Spain, and while blends such as Ballantine’s and Johnnie Walker are the top sellers, one single malt has a huge following, too: Cardhu. Head into any half-decent bar, and it’s…
Continue reading »In Their Own Words – Georgie Bell, luxury malts ambassador, Mortlach
Posted on 29 January 2015 by Stuart
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After wowing the Edinburgh bar scene with her mixology skills, then educating whisky fans at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Georgie Bell is now on a mission to get people drinking Mortlach single malt. We…
Continue reading »Teeling Single Malt – the spirit returns to Dublin
Posted on 27 January 2015 by Billy
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Since The Teeling Whiskey Company started releasing bottlings in early 2013, they’ve been gradually building up their range. Starting with their rum-finished Teeling Small Batch blend and Poitin, they moved on to the Cabernet-Sauvignon-finished Single…
Continue reading »Burns Night – time to get your bard on
Posted on 23 January 2015 by Billy
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The end of January heralds the first big date in the Scotch whisky calendar, 25 January. The birthday of and traditional day for the celebration of the life of Scotland’s bard, Robert Burns.
Continue reading »Tiffon Cognac – fjord of dreams
Posted on 22 January 2015 by Chris
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While many spirits have started to focus on smaller producers, there’s one area that is still very much focused on the giants: Cognac. In November last year, looking for something different, we visited one of the…
Continue reading »New Karuizawa 1981 and Hanyu 2000
Posted on 16 January 2015 by Billy
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Ever since we previewed it at The Whisky Show in October, we’ve been receiving questions about the Karuizawa that was on our Japanese whisky stand. The wait is now over and we can announce both…
Continue reading »Kirsty Wark – ‘my memories of whisky are from a very early age’
Posted on 15 January 2015 by Stuart
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We caught up with Newsnight presenter and author Kirsty Wark to discuss her love of Scotch whisky, what she likes to drink, and how she drinks it.
Continue reading »Chartreuse – the elixir of silent life
Posted on 13 January 2015 by Rocky
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Chances are you’ve heard of Chartreuse, even if you’ve never tasted it. A staple of many of my generation’s parents’ and grandparents’ drinks cabinets, it’s been referenced in films from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes to Quentin…
Continue reading »The (now) Traditional TWE Blog Review of the Year
Posted on 7 January 2015 by Billy
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Starting traditions is easy. Firstly, you declare that something is a tradition, and then you do it more than once. Bingo: tradition. On that note, here’s the (now) traditional TWE Blog Review of the Year!…
Continue reading »Dry January – time for an epiphany
Posted on 6 January 2015 by Rocky
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Christmas is now officially over, the New Year is here, and for me, it’s time to give my body time to regroup. Every January, various charities promote an alcohol-free month; among them this year are Alcohol…
Continue reading »In Their Own Words – James Buntin, brand ambassador, Balvenie
Posted on 26 December 2014 by Stuart
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After 14 years in Australia, new Balvenie brand ambassador James Buntin is back in the UK, on a mission to spread the word about this highly regarded distillery and its whiskies. We met up with…
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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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Such a pity that the distillery was destroyed. I had the great luck to try one of these, to me almost magic, Karuizawas. It was a 1972/2008, 36y, #7290 with 65%. Since today I have memoriesof this...
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