Despite our best efforts in previous years, it isn’t possible to lock our London shop up over Christmas with all the staff contained within, ensuring that they are available to cater to your every in-person…
Continue reading »Vinopolis Shop – Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
Posted on 20 December 2012 by Billy
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Kavalan – Now Available at TWE!
Posted on 17 December 2012 by Billy
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The world of international whisky is growing but one of the barriers to the spreading of the various brands to all four corners of the globe is the joy of distribution. It’s hard to send…
Continue reading »Discounted postage, discontinued whiskies, toasts, a Christmas gift finder and more…
Posted on 14 December 2012 by Billy
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It’s been a rather busy few months at TWE and that’s before we’ve hit the Christmas rush. We like to show off some of the things we’ve done from time to time, so here are…
Continue reading »Whisky Tasting: The Glenlivet at TWE Vinopolis
Posted on 13 December 2012 by Tim F
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We had a superb tasting at Vinopolis a couple of Mondays back. We were delighted to welcome the affable and gregarious Ian Logan, ‘The’ Glenlivet’s global brand ambassador to introduce no less than eight outstanding drams to a…
Continue reading »Balvenie DoubleWood 17 Year Old
Posted on 11 December 2012 by Tim F
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Balvenie‘s 12 year old DoubleWood is one of Speyside’s most-loved drams amongst the whisky fraternity, with many whisky nuts (yours truly included) citing it as a key ‘gateway’ malt. I certainly have vivid memories of it…
Continue reading »Christmas Delivery Cut-off Dates
Posted on 4 December 2012 by Billy
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As you may have noticed, Christmas is drawing near. As such the postal system is getting bogged down around the world and parcels may take a little longer than usual to arrive. In order to…
Continue reading »Jack Daniel's Holiday Select 2012
Posted on 3 December 2012 by Billy
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Jack Daniel’s like their limited edition bottlings. We’ve got a stack of them over on the website and while many of them are simply collectible bottles they do like to shake things up and bottle…
Continue reading »Ilegal Mezcal
Posted on 23 November 2012 by Billy
Some products take a little longer to reach our shelves than others, and one that we’ve been waiting on for quite a while is Ilegal Mezcal, freshly launched in the UK this November. We’re big…
Continue reading »Balcones – Don't Mess With Texas
Posted on 22 November 2012 by Nic
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I have to admit I wasn’t all aboard the whole “craft distilling” boat when I heard that we were bringing the likes of Corsair, Balcones, and Redemption into the UK for the first time, but after…
Continue reading »TWE Whisky Show 2012 – Rare & Unusual Islay Classics
Posted on 19 November 2012 by Tim F
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After a hectic first day of this year’s TWE Whisky Show had ended with a well-behaved single pint at the egregiously smelly (but comprehensively beer-endowed) Rake Bar before an early retirement on account of toothache, I…
Continue reading »Karuizawa – The Spirit of Asama
Posted on 16 November 2012 by Billy
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One of the things that I didn’t realise before I started working at TWE was quite how slow boats are. We’ve been waiting for quite a while for our latest shipment of whisky to arrive…
Continue reading »Whisky and Art?
Posted on 14 November 2012 by Joel
[We are joined this week by one of our newest recruits in the shop – regular target of antipodean jokes and actual Australian, Mr Joel Eastman] After an Olympic-sized hiatus, our regular tasting evenings finally…
Continue reading »Movember at TWE
Posted on 2 November 2012 by Billy
The 11th month is here and with it comes the time of Movember. A season of moustache growing, the awareness of parts of gentlemen’s bodies that we don’t generally think enough about and a bit…
Continue reading »TWE Whisky Show 2012 – Gordon & Macphail's Greatest Hits
Posted on 1 November 2012 by Billy
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Our opening tasting of the second day of The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show was a bit different to the others. Firstly it was a sequel, following up from last year’s incredible Gordon & Macphail Timeline…
Continue reading »TWE Whisky Show 2012 – From Scotland to Japan
Posted on 18 October 2012 by Billy
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One of the things that we’ve become known for at TWE Whisky Show is our masterclasses. From the legendary Port Ellen vertical in our first year, to Serge Valentin’s Brora masterclass in year two and…
Continue reading »New Elements of Islay and Port Askaig
Posted on 15 October 2012 by Tim F
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One of the very many really great things about The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show is the massive raft of new releases put out by TWE, plus Elements of Islay, Single Malts of Scotland and Port…
Continue reading »Jim Murray's Whisky Bible Awards 2013
Posted on 12 October 2012 by Billy
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One of the first signs of autumn, along with The Whisky Show, is the thud on the doormat as the latest edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible arrives. Often controversial but always influential, Jim has yet…
Continue reading »The Whisky Show 2012, London Cocktail Week and Rumfest…
Posted on 9 October 2012 by Billy
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It’s been rather busy at TWE Towers over the last few weeks. Not only have we just finished the 2012 edition of our rather splendid Whisky Show, but we’ve also got a week of drinks…
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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!
Posted on: 7 October 2024
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...
Posted on: 26 October 2023
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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