Hello all, and welcome to the new look TWE Blog! The Whisky Exchange’s resident design bod has tarted up the blog’s look and we now feel like some sort of internet whisky blog dandy in a…
Continue reading »Whisky Tasting Notes: Lochside 1981 TWE
Posted on 20 January 2011 by Tim F
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Happy Christmas from The Whisky Exchange Blog!!
Posted on 23 December 2010 by Tim F
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OK, first an apology – it’s been so sublimely hectic here at TWE Towers over the last two months that I’ve not had time to sit down and write a proper blog for ages. As…
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2010
Posted on 3 November 2010 by Tim F
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Ah, autumn. The turning of the leaves. The smell of wet earth. The first frost, and being able to see your breath in the mornings. Treading in dogshit on the way home because it’s dark…
Continue reading »Win Tickets for The Whisky Show!!
Posted on 22 October 2010 by Tim F
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It’s that time of year again…The Whisky Show, the world’s finest festival of the distiller’s art, is almost upon us – next week in fact! Tickets are still selling fast, but the good news is that I’ve been…
Continue reading »Dalmore 64 Trinitas at The Whisky Exchange
Posted on 14 October 2010 by Tim F
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Every so often something pretty amazing happens. Beyond which, now and again, something happens that could be sensibly described as phenomenal. And then there’s stuff like this. Working in partnership with The Whisky Exchange, the…
Continue reading »Mortlach 70yo at the Whisky Show
Posted on 6 October 2010 by Tim F
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I just got a heads-up that there’s going to be a very special prize draw at The Whisky Show this year… and TWENTY lucky visitors will get the chance to taste the world’s oldest whisky!! Obviously…
Continue reading »Talisker Vs. Borough Market Tasting
Posted on 22 September 2010 by Tim F
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Hello all, Have now returned from a delightful week in Wales, strolling on beaches, walking on cliff-tops and breathing smog-free air that hasn’t passed through several million internal combustion engines. My one regret during my…
Continue reading »Amrut Special Reserve Tasting Notes
Posted on 10 September 2010 by Tim F
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After a slight (ok, considerable) delay, the final TWE 10th anniversary bottling has finally arrived. Amrut has been one of the major success stories in the UK market over the last couple of years, and we’re…
Continue reading »Balvenie Peated Cask 17yo Tasting Notes
Posted on 3 September 2010 by Tim F
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There’s been a few reviews of this forthcoming Balvenie release already, so I thought I might as well stick my oar in. These Balvenie 17yo’s have been coming out pretty regularly for a while now and have…
Continue reading »Taking the Pissky: Whisky From Urine???
Posted on 26 August 2010 by Tim F
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A mere week or so after the story of scientists turning whisky by-products into biofuel broke, another recycling whisky-based story has turned up – this time from the Couldn’t-Make-It-Up department (aka the chaps at Vinopolis who clearly must…
Continue reading »Glenfiddich Explorers Competition
Posted on 4 August 2010 by Tim F
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All kinds of cloak-and-dagger skullduggery from Glenfiddich in the last few weeks, clearly designed to engage the whisky blog community: Part 1 – A cryptic email on 19th July from a PR flunkey, enquiring about our address…
Continue reading »Black Tot Rum Tasting Notes
Posted on 2 August 2010 by Tim F
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Something a bit different today: I’m delighted to announce that our sister company Speciality Drinks Ltd has just launched their first proprietary rum brand – it’s called Black Tot, and it’s a bit special. Black…
Continue reading »Elements of Islay Pe2: Tasting Notes
Posted on 20 July 2010 by Tim F
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Yes, it’s finally here! Elements of Islay Pe2 has arrived, and, well, not to blow our own trumpet or anything – but it’s a monster! I tasted this over an hour ago and I can still taste…
Continue reading »Whisky Tasting Pentathlon Pt.5: Arran
Posted on 1 July 2010 by Tim F
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Welcome to the final part of this Whisky Tasting Pentathlon – a mini-marathon of whisky blogs on my recent tasting odyessy. I was in St. James’s last week for one of Eddie Ludlow’s Whisky Lounge…
Continue reading »Whisky Tasting Pentathlon Pt.4: Old Pulteney
Posted on 29 June 2010 by Tim F
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The next tasting in what was turning out to be a mammoth month was back in Vinopolis again: Old Pulteney, conducted by affable distillery manager Malcolm Waring, who gave a very interesting presentation on the…
Continue reading »Whisky Tasting Pentathlon Pt.3: Isle of Jura
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Tim F
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We’re all about fun and enjoyment (and whisky) here on the TWE Blog, so I’m going to try not to mention the ‘F’ word (F**tb*ll) too much, out of consideration for the poor England fans who…
Continue reading »Whisky Tasting Pentathlon Pt.2: Glenlivet
Posted on 25 June 2010 by Tim F
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Welcome to day two of my summaries of the last month’s tasting adventures, and it’s straight on with the show. Next up in this Whisky Tasting Pentathlon is a highlight from Ian Logan’s tasting at…
Continue reading »Whisky Tasting Pentathlon Pt.1: Aberlour
Posted on 24 June 2010 by Tim F
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Lord, it’s been hectic. After a holiday in Bruges (3 days, 28 different beers and Lagavulin 16 at four euros for a double during happy hour at the hotel – nice), swiftly followed by our…
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Unfortunately, the answer is 'between 400g and 2000g per litre' :)
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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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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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