Burns Night is upon us. Expect the internet to be filled with pictures of steaming haggises, triple tartan outfits and more kilts than you can wave a sgian-dubh at. Here on The Whisky Exchange blog,…
Continue reading »Burns Night – keep it traditional
Posted on 25 January 2018 by Billy
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Glenglassaugh: Revival, Evolution and a new chapter
Posted on 17 January 2018 by Billy
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When it comes to revivals, Glenglassaugh has had one of the more impressive crawls back from the dead in recent years. A decade of stuttering resurrection has been rewarded with the dawning of a new…
Continue reading »Infinity bottles: blending whisky at home
Posted on 10 January 2018 by Billy
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Blending whisky is hard. It takes master blenders years to hone their skills, working up slowly through the ranks to take on the creation of new whiskies. However, that shouldn’t stop you having a go…
Continue reading »Drinks trends for 2018
Posted on 5 January 2018 by Dawn
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The Whisky Exchange’s head buyer, Dawn Davies MW, spends more time than most seeking out new and exciting drinks. Here are her picks for the top trends of 2018… 2018 is a year for change….
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Blog Review of 2017
Posted on 1 January 2018 by Billy
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It was a busy year, 2017. Lots of new things to drink, lots of tastings to attend and lots of new posts on the blog. So, before we properly commit to 2018 (it’s only a…
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange – Our Highlights of 2017
Posted on 29 December 2017 by Stuart
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As we head into 2018, it’s time to look back at some of the best bits of the past 12 months. The Whisky Exchange blog team has chosen its favourite moments of 2017, including memorable…
Continue reading »What we’ll be drinking this Christmas
Posted on 22 December 2017 by Stuart
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It’s been a busy year at The Whisky Exchange and the blog team is ready to wind down and enjoy the festive season. Here’s what we’ll be drinking this Christmas… Stuart I don’t associate one…
Continue reading »Brendan McCarron – the Ardbeg apprentice
Posted on 20 December 2017 by Billy
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Brendan McCarron is Head of Maturing Whisky Stocks for The Glenmorangie Company – makers of Ardbeg and Glenmorangie – and heir apparent to the company’s whisky creator, Dr Bill Lumsden. We spoke to him at…
Continue reading »Port and whisky: separated at birth?
Posted on 8 December 2017 by Billy
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One summer, years ago, in the early days of my obsession with drinks, I went away for a long weekend in Portugal and came back a changed man: a few summery days in Porto are…
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Whisky of the Year 2018
Posted on 6 December 2017 by Caroline
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Whisky of the Year has gone global! For 2017 we opened up the awards to any bottle from across the world, provided it was not cask strength, below £60 and an ongoing release. Despite my…
Continue reading »What is fortified wine?
Posted on 28 November 2017 by Stuart
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You may not have come across the term ‘fortified wine’ before, but you’ve almost certainly drunk one. Ever had a glass of port or sherry at Christmas? Then you’ve tried a fortified wine. And if…
Continue reading »In their own words – Dan Szor, founder, Cotswolds Distillery
Posted on 21 November 2017 by Billy
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Dan Szor is the founder of Cotswolds Distillery. He left behind a career in finance to follow his love of whisky and build the first distillery in the area. After years of development and hard…
Continue reading »The Art of Whisky – what makes a beautiful bottle?
Posted on 14 November 2017 by Billy
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Whether you’re a whisky collector or a drinker, a whisky’s looks are important. Beyond its colour and how it looks in the glass, there’s the packaging. While we are focused on finding whiskies that taste…
Continue reading »In Their Own Words – Malcolm Waring, distillery manager, Old Pulteney
Posted on 10 November 2017 by Stuart
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Malcolm Waring is the distillery manager at Old Pulteney, until recently the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland. He tells us how Old Pulteney got its name, his reaction to winning the most coveted…
Continue reading »Lost whisky distilleries of Scotland: our picks
Posted on 8 November 2017 by Billy
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While there are hundreds of lost distilleries dotting the countryside north of the border, it’s rare to find whisky from any that closed before the 1980s. And if you do, it’s often more a collector’s…
Continue reading »What is a closed distillery?
Posted on 2 November 2017 by Billy
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Ever since the early days of whisky production, distilleries have appeared and disappeared. Some failed, some merged, some literally exploded, and the Scottish landscape is littered with the remains of historical distilling. However, October was…
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Sugar cane honey is filtered and evaporated sugar cane juice. It's thicker and stays fresh longer than pure juice, but doesn't go through as much of a refining process as molasses.
Posted on: 3 December 2018
Hi, what is the difference between molasses and sugarcane honey ?
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Not a comment on the whisky, but the alleged advertisement mentioned at the top of the page (which was almost certainly fake, featuring as it did American spelling) refers to the later “Imperial...
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I've just got information back from the malt team at Diageo and updated the post – all three whiskies are a mixture of American and European oak ex-sherry casks. Looks like there was a bit of...
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