With The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show rapidly approaching, we have some work to do in our London shop to get ready. As such we will be changing our opening hours over the coming week to…
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Posted on 23 September 2014 by Billy
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Balblair 2000 – TWE exclusive first-fill sherry butt
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Time has rolled on a bit. It seems like only yesterday that I was a balding computer programmer, sat at a table in The Whisky Exchange shop in Vinopolis, confronted by 10 excellent whiskies. It was the…
Continue reading »Getting to grips with grappa
Posted on 19 September 2014 by Rocky
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For something a bit different, we explored grappa for the first time at our latest Vinopolis tasting, ably guided by expert Nick Hopewell-Smith. It’s fair to say grappa has a bad reputation. At the tasting, we unanimously agreed this…
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2014 – first look
Posted on 15 September 2014 by Rocky
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The eagerly-awaited line-up of the Diageo Special Releases 2014 has been announced. There are a total of 11 bottlings this year, including the four usual suspects (Port Ellen, Brora, Lagavulin and unpeated Caol Ila), a…
Continue reading »Ardbeg Supernova 2014 – SN2014 to its friends
Posted on 11 September 2014 by Billy
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Ever since the label leaked in the US this past April, the internet has been awash with rumours about a new whisky from Ardbeg. Finally, the details have been announced and we can let you…
Continue reading »The Devil returns to Bowmore – The Devil's Casks Batch 2
Posted on 10 September 2014 by Rocky
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[Sadly, we’ve sold our initial allocation, but you can sign up here to be notified should we manage to find some more.] Arguably the most anticipated Scotch whisky release of 2013 was the first edition…
Continue reading »Haig Club – whisky for the cocktail fan?
Posted on 8 September 2014 by Billy
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There’s been talk about Diageo’s new Haig Club whisky for months, with much speculation and discussion about its celebrity connections, thanks to endorsement by Simon Fuller and David Beckham. One thing that’s been missing, however, is information about…
Continue reading »Malt of the Month – Glengoyne 18 Year Old
Posted on 4 September 2014 by Rocky
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It’s time for our next Malt of the Month, and for September we’ve chosen Glengoyne 18 Year Old. Our selection is based purely on highlighting whiskies that often get overlooked – either within a distillery’s range…
Continue reading »Glen Garioch: The Renaissance 15yo – celebrating a rebirth
Posted on 2 September 2014 by Billy
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I like Glen Garioch. While their regular range is unchanging, other than when they release a new vintage, they do like a special edition. Following on the heels of the Wine Cask Matured from earlier…
Continue reading »Box Distillery Master Class – toasty morsels
Posted on 27 August 2014 by Ollie
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Some time ago, while taking a whisky cruise from Stockholm, I came across the lovely guys at Box Distillery in Sweden. On my return home, I decided to have a try of their first educational…
Continue reading »Cameronbridge – the home of Haig Club
Posted on 26 August 2014 by Billy
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It’s fairly well known now that Diageo have released a new whisky – Haig Club. Not only is it a new whisky, but something a little different to most: a Single Grain Scotch whisky aimed…
Continue reading »Mortlach Rare Old
Posted on 21 August 2014 by Billy
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After months of speculation and waiting (and hoarding of the Mortlach Flora and Fauna) the new whiskies from Mortlach are finally here. Well, the first one is – Mortlach Rare Old. It’s the entry-level bottling for the…
Continue reading »Merlet C² Liqueurs – explore your fruity side
Posted on 20 August 2014 by Rocky
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Despite the growth of using brown spirits in mixed drinks, Cognac has not benefited to the same degree. The same can be said of liqueurs, with Grand Marnier and Domaine du Canton the only two Cognac-based examples that…
Continue reading »Summer Spirits and Cocktails at TWE Vinopolis
Posted on 14 August 2014 by Billy
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While most of the masterclasses at our London shop are focused on the world of whisky, we do like to do something a little different from time to time. With summer most definitely in the…
Continue reading »Vulson White Rhino Rye – Alpine spirit
Posted on 12 August 2014 by Rocky
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Every now and then, a new product arrives at TWE that really excites us – unique, with a great back story, or simply an interesting concept. So, when we heard about the release of a…
Continue reading »Kininvie – a long-overdue solo appearance
Posted on 11 August 2014 by Stuart
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There was much excitement when William Grant launched Batch One from Kininvie to the Taiwanese market in the autumn of 2013, the first-ever release from this off-the-radar distillery. But now, UK whisky drinkers have…
Continue reading »The Science and Commerce of Whisky – a book review
Posted on 7 August 2014 by Billy
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While there are numerous books about whisky, there are surprisingly few about how to make it, and even fewer about how the whisky industry itself looks at whisky as a thing to be sold. There…
Continue reading »Dramboree 2014 – Loch Lomond and a bottle of Ledaig
Posted on 5 August 2014 by Billy
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Strangely, the UK has fewer whisky festivals than elsewhere in the world. While we have more than 100 of the most famous distilleries in the world sitting north of the Scots border, it’s on the…
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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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