It’s that time again: Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2019 is landing imminently and Jim’s picks of the world’s top whiskies are in. After a few years of controversial choices, with Scotch whisky bouncing in and…
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Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2019 – The Winners
Posted on 9 October 2018 by Billy
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What is bourbon? A guide from The Whisky Exchange
Posted on 1 July 2016 by Stuart
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What is bourbon? That’s Jack Daniel’s, right? Whiskey? Something to do with rye? Well, yes to all three, actually. Very simply, bourbon is a mixture of grains, ground up, mixed with water and heated, fermented…
Continue reading »Get ready for Independence Day!
Posted on 15 June 2016 by Stuart
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It’s just a couple of weeks until 4 July – Independence Day – and to celebrate, we’ve selected some of our favourite whiskies, all ideal if you’re planning a party, whether you’re in the US…
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A 10-year-old Bowmore, fully matured in Spanish oak hogsheads to give intensely fruity, spicy notes. The nose is ful...
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Malagousia is a local Greek variety that has a touches of rose petal, ripe peach and lemon bon bons. It is not as w...
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A limited-edition Johnnie Walker Blue Label celebrating 2019's Chinese New Year. This is the Year of the Pig,...
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This young rye whiskey has been aged in an ex-bourbon cask and finished in an ex-Pedro Ximinez sherry cask, ...
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I haven't ignored anything – I've not even really spoken about the early days of whiskey making, just made a tongue-in-cheek comment about the origins of distillation in Ireland. You are indeed...
Posted on: 4 March 2019
Sorry Billy, you seem to be denying the factual written records that do exist.
Posted on: 4 March 2019
It's generally accepted that the making of aqua vitae (which isn't quite whisky) was happening in both places before the written records, so myth and legend is all we really have. However, as I say in...
Posted on: 4 March 2019