What did you do for Burns Night 2019? Did you spend it in the UK’s tallest building, sipping award-winning drams with arguably the world’s best-known and longest-standing whisky writer, and the master distiller in charge…
Continue reading »Glen Grant for Burns Night with Jim Murray and Dennis Malcolm
Posted on 17 January 2020 by Tom
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The 10 Best Drinks Gifts Available Right Now – December Edition
Posted on 16 December 2019 by Caroline
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Christmas is now frighteningly close, so much so that my Christmas cake has now drunk more whisky than I have*. If you’re still stuck for gift inspiration, or just fancy treating yourself, we’ve rounded up…
Continue reading »Should Eggnog Be Aged?
Posted on 11 December 2019 by Tom
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or; Project Nog – Phase Two: Unravelling The Mysteries of Time Part one of our eggnog adventures appeared previously – What booze works best in eggnog? Always asking the important questions, we are. The most…
Continue reading »Whisky of the Year – the winner…
Posted on 3 December 2019 by Billy
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It’s that time again – the announcement of our Whisky of the Year. And the winner is, drum-roll, please…
Continue reading »What booze works best in eggnog?
Posted on 29 November 2019 by Tom
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or; Project Nog: Into A Dairy Sea There comes a point in everyone’s life – or so it seems to us here at The Whisky Exchange editorial department – when we (they? One?) must look…
Continue reading »The 10 Best Drinks Gifts Available Right Now
Posted on 5 November 2019 by Tom
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Gift packs can be a fantastic, convenient way to get yourself – and the ultimate recipient of your carefully considered and wildly lavish gift – the absolute maximum in terms of bang/buck ratio. They can…
Continue reading »Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2020 – the winners
Posted on 17 October 2019 by Billy
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With its usual lack of fanfare (followed by a lot of internet-based raging), the latest edition of ‘The World’s Leading Whisky Guide’ has landed – Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2020.
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2019
Posted on 15 October 2019 by Billy
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Announced back in July, the Diageo Special Releases 2019 have now been unveiled. The yearly range is a fixture of the whisky calendar, and the past few years have seen a number of changes. Find…
Continue reading »Novelty Bottles – Cask Finishes Edition
Posted on 25 September 2019 by Tom
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Casks, amirite? Some of them are familiar, some of them are less so – all of them have an irrevocable (or irreparable, depending on where you’re sitting) effect on the spirit matured within them. In…
Continue reading »Whisky Show 2019 bottlings – The Magic of the Cask
Posted on 24 September 2019 by Billy
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Whisky Show 2019 is this weekend! Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September will see London’s Old Billingsgate transformed into our biggest whisky festival yet, with over 950 whiskies, rums and more to try. My stand…
Continue reading »Ardbeg 1976 Manager’s Choice – buy it for its 1999 price
Posted on 16 September 2019 by Billy
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Continuing our 20th anniversary celebrations, we’re selling a fabled bottle of whisky for its original 1999 price – a whisky selling for £7,500 in 2019 for just £99. There’s just one catch: we’ve only got…
Continue reading »What type of whisky cask are you?
Posted on 12 September 2019 by Tom
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The theme of Whisky Show 2019 is The Journey of the Cask – a journey which begins prior to, then runs parallel to, the journey of whisky itself. To help you get excited about casks…
Continue reading »Casks – a glossary of terms
Posted on 10 September 2019 by Billy
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There are lots of technical terms bandied around when talking about casks. This list will demystify some of them. Alligator Char – a US term for the highest level of charring done to a cask….
Continue reading »How are casks made?
Posted on 6 September 2019 by Caroline
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The concept of the wooden cask hasn’t changed much since it first came into being, but the practice of making it has gradually been refined over the past few millennia. That’s not to say there…
Continue reading »Understanding Cask Sizes
Posted on 30 August 2019 by Ning
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How big is a barrel? Or a hogshead, or a butt? Casks play a big part in the making of some of the most famous wines and spirits in the world, but navigating what they…
Continue reading »Acorn to Oak Tree: How wood affects your whisky
Posted on 29 August 2019 by Tom
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In honour of this year’s Whisky Show and its theme – The Journey of the Cask – we’ve put together a brief rundown of the various types of wood used in whisky maturation, and what…
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Whisky of the Year – nominations are open
Posted on 28 August 2019 by Billy
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It may be sweltering outside, but it’s time for us to start the process for an annual winter event – the unveiling of The Whisky Exchange Whisky of the Year!
Continue reading »Roll out the barrel: a brief history of casks
Posted on 27 August 2019 by Caroline
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We take casks for granted. In fact, we take all waterproof containers for granted. I think it’s fair to say that in all of human history it’s never been so easy to transport liquids, from…
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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
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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:...
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Just wondered, any in shop tastings planned soon?
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