Last month, I was privileged to join Sukhinder on a trip to Japan as guests of Number One Drinks Co., who import some of Japan’s finest whiskies into the UK, including Ichiro Akuto’s Chichibu and his…
Continue reading »TWE in Japan – Karuizawa Trip Pt.1
Posted on 27 April 2012 by Tim F
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I'm Beggin for a Kilbeggan
Posted on 20 April 2012 by Chris
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[A post today from Chris, shop assistant manager and tastings overlord. What follows is the outcome of allowing him to travel the country by train, giving him all that time to sit and think as…
Continue reading »The Great Speyburn Conundrum
Posted on 12 April 2012 by Tim F
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There’s been some curious goings-on around the recent elevation of one of the most unfashionable whiskies ever to walk away with a gong at the World Whisky Awards. The main question is: How on earth did Speyburn…
Continue reading »Kamm & Sons – The Return!
Posted on 10 April 2012 by Billy
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The recent wave of classic cocktail fever making its way around the world has not only reawakened interest in suit tailoring options that allow a bartender to correctly perform a Hard Shake, but also a…
Continue reading »Whisky Live London 2012 – The Report
Posted on 3 April 2012 by Tim F
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There was a strong TWE presence this year at London’s Whisky Live show, held in the formidable surroundings of the Honorable Artillery Company just a stone’s throw from Shoreditch High Street, home to the majority…
Continue reading »Tuthilltown's Hudson Whiskey
Posted on 30 March 2012 by Billy
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Over here in the UK we don’t hear all that much from the burgeoning US craft distilling movement, apart from occasional articles in magazines and on blogs assuring us that it is growing. The problem…
Continue reading »Tasting the Single Pot Still range with Barry Crockett
Posted on 26 March 2012 by Billy
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We may have been a couple of days late for a proper St Patrick’s day celebration, but we gathered a bunch of Irish whiskey fans at Vinopolis on Monday to have a go anyway. The…
Continue reading »World Whisky Awards 2012
Posted on 23 March 2012 by Billy
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Last night was Whisky Magazine’s 6th World Whiskies Awards, the opening event of Whisky Live (which opens today – pop by and say hello if you’re around, we’re the official retailer) and the last of…
Continue reading »Glenfiddich's 'New' Releases
Posted on 21 March 2012 by Billy
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The folks at Glenfiddich have been busy recently. Since Christmas we’ve had a couple of new and interesting bottles pop through our warehouse doors, and just this week another new whisky has appeared on our…
Continue reading »Ardmore and Littlemill from Single Malts of Scotland
Posted on 16 March 2012 by Billy
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When it comes to independent releases from Speciality Drinks we’ve been a bit quiet since The Whisky Show. However, we’re leading off the new year with a pair of bottlings. There was a preview of…
Continue reading »Whisky Live London 2012
Posted on 13 March 2012 by Billy
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London has started to pick up two distinct drinks festival ‘seasons’ over the last few years. Autumn has become the home of London Cocktail Week and its bookends, our Whisky Show and Rumfest, and spring…
Continue reading »An evening of Lagavulin with Messrs Dunn, Lafond and Hain.
Posted on 12 March 2012 by Billy
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It’s quite scary that other than our Burns Night extravaganza in mid-February we haven’t run any whisky tastings yet this year. We’ve got a rather full schedule for the next few months to make up…
Continue reading »Vodka Tasting at TWE Vinopolis
Posted on 8 March 2012 by Toby
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Time for another guest post – this time a tasting report from TWE Vinopolis‘s resident debonair young charmer, Toby – reporting on the recent Vodka Masterclass hosted at the venue by Pleurat Shabani: We started with a brief…
Continue reading »St. Patrick's Day Prize Draw – Win Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve!
Posted on 2 March 2012 by Tim F
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They say that everyone’s got a bit of Irish in them on St. Paddy’s Day. Statistically, that’s pretty unlikely – despite the diaspora’s best efforts – but it’s a noble ambition nonetheless. Anyway, to celebrate…
Continue reading »Exploring the Buffalo Trail at TWE Vinopolis
Posted on 1 March 2012 by Nic
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A new face on the blog this week, with Nic Vaughn from our trade desk taking the reins. When I was asked to write about this particular tasting by the whisky wizards, Tim and Billy…
Continue reading »More Awards… Whisky Advocate
Posted on 27 February 2012 by Billy
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The BAFTAs and Oscars are behind us, the Drinks Retail Awards have come and gone (ahem), and we’ve even given out our own tranche of virtual statuettes – now is the season of the gong….
Continue reading »TWE Blog Awards!
Posted on 16 February 2012 by Tim F
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It’s Oscar time again, and even in the whisky world the awards season is in full swing. Basking in the warm glow of our award for Best Online / Direct Mail Retailer of the Year at the recent…
Continue reading »The Mighty Thor
Posted on 13 February 2012 by Billy
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Highland Park are an interesting bunch. Their fans are numerous and (in the nicest possible way) rabid; their detractors are a much smaller group who in recent times have focused on a couple of things…
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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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