When you go to a restaurant the food can have amazing flavours, evoke memories and make you feel a range of emotions, but it’s an experience for you alone. You can’t take it home and…
Continue reading »Foursquare Hereditas Rum – exclusive to The Whisky Exchange
Posted on 30 May 2019 by Billy
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It’s the summer of rum here at The Whisky Exchange. Our new rum classification is up and we’ve had a rum takeover on our website – there’s never been a better time to learn about…
Continue reading »What kind of rum are you?
Posted on 15 May 2019 by Tom
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WHAT KIND OF RUM ARE YOU? Historically, rum has been defined by its colour – white, golden and dark. Colour can be misleading though, and offers no real indication of character or flavour. With the…
Continue reading »The Whisky Exchange Rum Classification
Posted on 14 May 2019 by Billy
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In the drinks world, there’s nothing quite so varied and versatile as rum. Drunk on its own, in punches, with Coke and ginger, or mixed up in cocktails from Daiquiris to Piña Coladas, the range…
Continue reading »WhistlePig 100% Amburana – exclusive to The Whisky Exchange
Posted on 30 April 2019 by Billy
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It’s not every day I try a whiskey that stops me dead in my tracks. It happens even less often to our head buyer Dawn Davies. She’s dedicated her life to tasting interesting things, and…
Continue reading »Cognac vs Whisky – an eaux-de-ssey
Posted on 25 April 2019 by Tom
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Two of the world’s most historic and heritage-rich spirits, Scotch single malt whisky and Cognac, have evolved in distinct – and wildly different – directions. Equally, both have experienced oscillating levels of status and popularity…
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Posted on 12 April 2019 by Ning
The reigning King of Cocktails, Cognac made its mark in classics such as the Sidecar and French 75, but there are many more to try. For years bartenders across the world have been putting their…
Continue reading »Whisky Works – Glaswegian and King of Trees
Posted on 9 April 2019 by Billy
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It’s been a busy few years for Whyte & Mackay’s Gregg Glass. He arrived at the company in 2016 from Compass Box, where he’d spent more than a decade creating boutique blended whiskies. Hailed as…
Continue reading »The Balblair Collection – the new range
Posted on 5 April 2019 by Billy
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Things have been changing at Inver House Distillers over the past few years. It’s the owner of a few of our favourite distilleries – including Old Pulteney, Knockdhu (makers of AnCnoc), Speyburn and Balblair –…
Continue reading »Greener alternatives to peated whisky
Posted on 1 April 2019 by TWE Admin
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Most of us love peaty whisky, but few of us pause to consider its impact on the environment. The creation of smoky whiskies relies on the burning of vast quantities of peat to dry barley,…
Continue reading »The World Whiskies Awards 2019 – the winners
Posted on 29 March 2019 by Billy
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The 2019 whisky season has officially started: Whisky Live London kicks off today and last night saw the announcement of the winners of the World Whiskies Awards 2019. While we’ve known who won medals for…
Continue reading »Red Spot – top of the spots
Posted on 22 March 2019 by Billy
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Ireland’s whiskey history is one of the cornerstones of the world’s whisky story. Along with the USA and Scotland, the country’s traditions have informed whisky making around the globe. Success goes in waves, and Ireland…
Continue reading »Gin: How to drink it
Posted on 19 March 2019 by Billy
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With the rise of gin has come something a little less expected: a whole host of new ways to drink it. Well, I say new, but folks were drinking gin well before tonic water was…
Continue reading »A History of Mother’s Day
Posted on 12 March 2019 by Ning
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Mother’s Day – a day to celebrate the amazing women who do so much for us throughout our lives. Mum, Mummy, Ma, Mama, whatever we call her, she’s such a big part of our lives…
Continue reading »We need to stop gender stereotyping drinks
Posted on 8 March 2019 by Caroline
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The history of drinks is the history of humanity. As our ancestors were making the arduous climb out of the primordial swamp, there was probably some spark of thought, deep within their nascent souls, that…
Continue reading »Nine Irish distillers you should know
Posted on 7 March 2019 by Billy
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The past few years have seen lots of new Irish whiskies hit the market. Thanks to the increase in popularity and the success of the new releases, there are now as many as 50 distilleries…
Continue reading »What is Irish Whiskey?
Posted on 1 March 2019 by Billy
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Over the past decade, Irish whiskey has become huge. A drink with a long history, its popularity declined through the 20th century but it is now having a renaissance. Not only can you find it…
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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!
Posted on: 7 October 2024
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.
Posted on: 11 January 2024
I'd say there's not a lot between them. I'd say that the techniques used to make the rum change the flavour more than the raw material between molasses and cane honey, so it'll be other factors that...
Posted on: 26 October 2023
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...
Posted on: 17 October 2023