It’s well known that we are a humble bunch at TWE, but on occasion we do like to toot on our trumpet of “we’re rather good”. This is now one of those times. On Tuesday…
Continue reading »Burns Night with TWE & Vinopolis
Posted on 2 February 2012 by Billy
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For the Scotch whisky lover there’s one event that pops up early in the calendar that gives the perfect excuse for a bit of a special dram or three – Burns Night. On and around…
Continue reading »Balvenie's Craftsman's Reserve #1 – The Cooper
Posted on 25 January 2012 by Billy
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We look forward to new releases at TWE Towers just like everyone else and when Balvenie announced an online unveiling of their newest dram, along with tasting packs for us to follow on at home,…
Continue reading »TWE Blog's Christmas Whisky: Bowmore Tempest 3
Posted on 18 December 2011 by Tim F
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There’s been a few great whiskies this year, many of them Irish and some classics from independent bottlers (including a few zingers from our good selves, I must add immodestly). So this is not my Whisky of the…
Continue reading »Midleton Distillery Trip: Single Pot Still Irish Whiskeys Pt.1
Posted on 14 December 2011 by Tim F
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In early May, TWE Blog was one of a small group of highly-privileged whisky folk invited to attend a special event at the Midleton distillery in Cork. Although the invite mentioned the launch of the…
Continue reading »Cocchi?
Posted on 8 December 2011 by Billy
Despite our name we’re not all about whisky here at TWE. I’ll admit that we all rather like the odd dram, but we’re nothing if not versatile drinkers. I’m a big fan of gin in…
Continue reading »Compass Box's Last Vatted Grain
Posted on 23 November 2011 by Billy
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We’re rather fond of Compass Box’s Last Vatted Malt, having received a bottle a few days for approval, but I’ve been waiting for something else – The Last Vatted Grain. I’m a big grain whisky…
Continue reading »Last Vatted Malt: Compass Box Get Reactionary
Posted on 22 November 2011 by Tim F
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Dateline: 22nd November 2011. Time: 11.59pm. Venue: A secret location in London. There’s going to be a raucous party this evening – a sort of ‘pre-wake’, if you will (don’t worry, all will become clear). A fancy…
Continue reading »Balvenie's Batch 2s – Tun 1401 and 40 year old
Posted on 11 November 2011 by Billy
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The folks at Balvenie like keeping busy. After a summer of random events they’ve hunkered down as we approach the end of the year and have done that which we know them for most –…
Continue reading »Jim Murray's Whisky Bible Awards 2012
Posted on 28 October 2011 by Billy
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Close on the heels of the Diageo Special Releases (no, we don’t have any Port Ellen left) came the surprise announcement of the winners of this years awards in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible. The big one…
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2011
Posted on 21 October 2011 by Billy
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There are some things that are constant in this world – death, taxes, the revival of Big Brother for yet another year despite no-one admitting to watching it, my inability to write one word where…
Continue reading »Tasting some Glendronach at TWE Vinopolis
Posted on 20 October 2011 by Billy
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Despite the Whisky Show taking up much of our time at TWE over the last few months, we still found time to organise our regular tastings down at our Vinopolis shop. One of the perks…
Continue reading »London Cocktail Week and Rumfest 2011
Posted on 10 October 2011 by Billy
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The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show may be over for another year, but this week is far from done. We were honoured to be the opening event of this year’s London Cocktail Week, running through this…
Continue reading »Tasting Notes: Redbreast 12yo Cask Strength
Posted on 3 October 2011 by Tim F
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A ripple of excitement went through the whiskey world last week when it was revealed that Pernod Ricard’s Irish Distillers Ltd, owners of the Midleton complex, were launching a cask strength version of arguably the…
Continue reading »Pure Festival
Posted on 22 September 2011 by Billy
There’s a new entry to the whisky festival calendar this year, courtesy of the chaps at Connosr and some of their musical chums – The Pure Festival. It’s a twist on the regular whisky festival…
Continue reading »Tasting the Tomatin range with Douglas Campbell
Posted on 19 September 2011 by Duncan
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This week we welcome back TWE Vinopolis’s Duncan Ross to tell us about one of our recent tasting events. Take it away Duncan… As you travel north from Perth on the winding A9 you will…
Continue reading »TWE Whisky Show News – Shackleton Tasting and Show Bottlings
Posted on 15 September 2011 by Billy
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Another week and some more news from The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show… First up is that our last masterclass is now on sale. Whyte & Mackay master blender Richard ‘The Nose’ Paterson will stop throwing…
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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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