Just received the following stuff on the Diageo Special Releases for this year, so thought I’d better share. I’m going to a tasting of these tomorrow night, so will post my own impressions later in the…
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Diageo Special Releases 2009 Announced
Posted on 12 October 2009 by Tim F
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Islay Festival Day Ten: Aftermath
Posted on 2 June 2009 by Tim F
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Day 10: A Kick In The Ballochs… Bang on 7am and our alarm clock blasts into action, as welcoming a sound as a prize festival bottling smashing on a stone floor and the accompanying ‘yelp’…
Continue reading »Islay Festival Day Four: Caol Ila
Posted on 26 May 2009 by Tim F
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Day Four – Shame, Sunsets and Sandfleas Today was all about Caol Ila. After watching Newcastle and ‘Boro crash out from the Premiership on Sunday night we were in high spirits on the way up…
Continue reading »Diageo Announces Islay Festival Bottlings 2009
Posted on 5 May 2009 by Tim F
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This just into my inbox: “To celebrate this year’s Islay Festival of Malt & Music on 23-30 May, Diageo is once again making available two special Festival editions of its Islay Single Malt Scotch Whiskies….
Continue reading »Burns Supper and Whisky Tasting at Vinopolis
Posted on 15 January 2009 by Tim F
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Hello folks, Matt from TWE Vinopolis has asked me to give you all a quick heads up on a night of organoleptic delights occurring at Vinopolis for Burns Night. I believe the Monday is now…
Continue reading »Diageo Special Releases 2008 Pt.1
Posted on 8 October 2008 by Tim F
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Well, a day late, here’s the new post – for which delay, my apologies: it’s going crazy here. Honestly, as soon as the weather turns people start buying whisky to keep them warm. Either that or it’s…
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This mezcal is made from Cuixe, which is more tree-like than other agave plants and has a single stalk topped with a ...
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An artisanal Elote mezcal from Vago that is made by mezcalero Aquilino García López. Made with Espadin agave, this me...
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An artisanal mezcal from Vago that was made in September 2018 by mezcalero Emigdio Jarquin, using 100% Espadin agave. ...
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A VSOP brandy from Bardinet that has been matured in oak casks, creating layers of mellow spice and a complex character. Arom...
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Well, as Caperdonich originally should contribute to blends only and as there hasn't been any distillery bottlings before the two for the Italian market in the late 70's, I'd assume that a unique...
Posted on: 15 July 2022
That's really intriguing! I need to look into when the regulations started clamping down on naming – there was some discussion around Malt Mill online recently (thanks to
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Posted on: 15 July 2022