With its usual lack of fanfare (followed by a lot of internet-based raging), the latest edition of ‘The World’s Leading Whisky Guide’ has landed – Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2020.
Continue reading »Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2020 – the winners
Posted on 17 October 2019 by Billy
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Diageo Special Releases 2019
Posted on 15 October 2019 by Billy
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Announced back in July, the Diageo Special Releases 2019 have now been unveiled. The yearly range is a fixture of the whisky calendar, and the past few years have seen a number of changes. Find…
Continue reading »Novelty Bottles – Cask Finishes Edition
Posted on 25 September 2019 by Tom
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Casks, amirite? Some of them are familiar, some of them are less so – all of them have an irrevocable (or irreparable, depending on where you’re sitting) effect on the spirit matured within them. In…
Continue reading »Whisky Show 2019 bottlings – The Magic of the Cask
Posted on 24 September 2019 by Billy
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Whisky Show 2019 is this weekend! Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September will see London’s Old Billingsgate transformed into our biggest whisky festival yet, with over 950 whiskies, rums and more to try. My stand…
Continue reading »Ardbeg 1976 Manager’s Choice – buy it for its 1999 price
Posted on 16 September 2019 by Billy
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Continuing our 20th anniversary celebrations, we’re selling a fabled bottle of whisky for its original 1999 price – a whisky selling for £7,500 in 2019 for just £99. There’s just one catch: we’ve only got…
Continue reading »What type of whisky cask are you?
Posted on 12 September 2019 by Tom
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The theme of Whisky Show 2019 is The Journey of the Cask – a journey which begins prior to, then runs parallel to, the journey of whisky itself. To help you get excited about casks…
Continue reading »Casks – a glossary of terms
Posted on 10 September 2019 by Billy
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There are lots of technical terms bandied around when talking about casks. This list will demystify some of them. Alligator Char – a US term for the highest level of charring done to a cask….
Continue reading »How are casks made?
Posted on 6 September 2019 by Caroline
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The concept of the wooden cask hasn’t changed much since it first came into being, but the practice of making it has gradually been refined over the past few millennia. That’s not to say there…
Continue reading »Understanding Cask Sizes
Posted on 30 August 2019 by Ning
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How big is a barrel? Or a hogshead, or a butt? Casks play a big part in the making of some of the most famous wines and spirits in the world, but navigating what they…
Continue reading »Acorn to Oak Tree: How wood affects your whisky
Posted on 29 August 2019 by Tom
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In honour of this year’s Whisky Show and its theme – The Journey of the Cask – we’ve put together a brief rundown of the various types of wood used in whisky maturation, and what…
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Whisky of the Year – nominations are open
Posted on 28 August 2019 by Billy
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It may be sweltering outside, but it’s time for us to start the process for an annual winter event – the unveiling of The Whisky Exchange Whisky of the Year!
Continue reading »Roll out the barrel: a brief history of casks
Posted on 27 August 2019 by Caroline
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We take casks for granted. In fact, we take all waterproof containers for granted. I think it’s fair to say that in all of human history it’s never been so easy to transport liquids, from…
Continue reading »Isle of Arran – Lagg Distillery
Posted on 5 August 2019 by Ning
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Since it first opened in 1995 the Arran Distilling Co has operated out of its distillery in Lochranza, on the northern coast of the Isle of Arran off Scotland’s south-west coast. As the distillery slowly…
Continue reading »20th anniversary 20 iconic bottles giveaway
Posted on 26 July 2019 by Billy
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Our 20th anniversary celebrations continue! Along with a host of exclusive birthday bottlings – with more to come through the year – we’re also looking back over the past 20 years and giving away 20…
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2019 – announced!
Posted on 23 July 2019 by Billy
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After 2018’s super-early April announcement of Diageo’s annual Special Releases collection surprised everyone, we’ve been wondering what they were up to this year. The radio silence has now been broken, and the first tidbits of…
Continue reading »Long drinks for long days – summer serves
Posted on 18 July 2019 by Billy
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It’s hot. Like, really hot. And not only in all the places that normally complain about it being hot, but also here in merry England. With the longest day of the year now behind us,…
Continue reading »Mojitos for National Mojito Day
Posted on 11 July 2019 by Billy
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In the big register of national drink days there are some that fall at strange times of year, but National Mojito Day (today – 11 July) is right on the money: the days are hot…
Continue reading »20th Anniversary Signatory Exclusives – Happy Birthday to Us!
Posted on 27 June 2019 by Billy
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In April 1999, a single click of a mouse kicked off a new venture for Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh – they registered thewhiskyexchange.com. Now, twenty years later, we’re the world’s largest online specialist spirits retailer…
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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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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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