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Virtual Whisky Show: Old & Rare 2021

Posted on 29 January 2021 by Billy

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It’s that time again. As February rolls around, whisky fans from around the globe usually get ready to head to the UK to find some of the finest drams ever bottled from across whisky history…

Whisky Stories – Your Turn

Posted on 16 May 2018 by Stuart

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It’s time for another Whisky Story, this time from Matt, who had a great time in the north of Scotland visiting Old Pulteney. Please keep sending us your own Whisky Stories – we’ll be publishing more of…

Highland Park Valkyrie – Viking Spirit

Posted on 31 May 2017 by Stuart

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One in three people living on Orkney have Scandinavian ancestry, so it was no surprise when Highland Park embraced this heritage with its Warriors Series, a range of whiskies named after proud Vikings: Sigurd, Harald,…

Is older whisky better?

Posted on 17 May 2017 by Rocky

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Whether it’s the raging debate about no-age-statement releases, or questions about how old a whisky I’m pouring at a festival around the world is, age is currently a hot topic. Something I’m often asked is…

Five Questions: Kirsteen Campbell, master blender, The Famous Grouse

Posted on 1 November 2016 by Stuart

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Kirsteen Campbell is master blender for both The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark. We caught up with her to ask her about blended whisky, single malts and more. What are the key stylistic and flavour profiles of Famous Grouse…

In Their Own Words – Tom Kitchin

Posted on 17 August 2016 by Stuart

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Tom Kitchin is owner of award-winning restaurant The Kitchin, in Leith, Scotland and The Scran & Scallie gastropub in Edinburgh. He was awarded his first Michelin star aged just 29, and has worked with some of the world’s…

Whisky is for summer – not just for Christmas

Posted on 1 August 2016 by Billy

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Summer Whisky © Photography by Michael Njunge for Here & Now (fb.com/wearehereandow)

Being a dedicated Scotch whisky drinker, I normally don’t do that well in summer. Traditionally, Scotch whisky is associated with cooler weather, and the past month here in London has not provided me with a…

Highland Park 1999 – exclusive to The Whisky Exchange

Posted on 8 April 2016 by Billy

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Finding good whisky is difficult. I don’t mean on the shelves – despite loud online debates to the contrary, there has never been such a range of different, great-tasting drams available – but finding a…

Highland Park Competition – win a bottle of Orcadian Vintage 1976

Posted on 9 July 2015 by Billy

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With summer in the air here at TWE HQ, we think it’s time for a new competition. We’re big Highland Park fans and we’ve got a very special bottle to give away: Highland Park 1976…

Highland Park Odin – Norse code

Posted on 16 February 2015 by Stuart

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The final addition to Highland Park’s Valhalla Collection – Odin – is here, following in the footsteps of Thor, Loki and Freya . Also known as ‘The Furious One’, Odin, we are told, is the…

Kirsty Wark – ‘my memories of whisky are from a very early age’

Posted on 15 January 2015 by Stuart

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We caught up with Newsnight presenter and author Kirsty Wark to discuss her love of Scotch whisky, what she likes to drink, and how she drinks it.

The Whisky Show Masterclass – I Did It My Way

Posted on 9 October 2014 by Stuart

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While there are hundreds of delicious drams to be had at The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show, our excellent Masterclasses raise the bar a notch higher, offering a taste of some of the rarest malts in…

Highland Park 12 – Malt of the Month

Posted on 2 June 2014 by Billy

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We do lots of special offers over on The Whisky Exchange website, and every month we choose a new Malt of the Month to do a great deal on. While we’ve been doing this quietly…

Highland Park Freya

Posted on 7 February 2014 by Billy

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Continuing the yearly releases as part of the Valhalla Collection, the latest edition has now arrived – Highland Park Freya. Investing in a series of whiskies that only has one release a year is a…

2013 – The TWEBlog review of the year

Posted on 9 January 2014 by Billy

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There seems to be a long running tradition across the internets of writing round-up posts at the beginning of the year. I’ve not yet done so and am starting to feel left out, so here’s…

Highland Park Toast 40 Years of Linn

Posted on 21 October 2013 by Tim F

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A press release lands on our doormat with a small bottle. Not an unusual occurrence; but this is a far from usual bottle, as it contains no less than Highland Park 40 year old. I…

Tasting Notes: Highland Park Loki

Posted on 25 March 2013 by Billy

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A year and a bit since the first release in the series, the second entry in the Valhalla Collection has arrived – Highland Park Loki. The makeup of Loki was conceived around the same time…

World Whisky Awards 2012

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Billy

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Last night was Whisky Magazine’s 6th World Whiskies Awards, the opening event of Whisky Live (which opens today – pop by and say hello if you’re around, we’re the official retailer) and the last of…

D. Sinkler on The 5 Best Whisky and Film Moments:
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
Billy on Rum vs Rhum – molasses, agricole and sugarcane honey:
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
Mafkus Glass on Karuizawa: what makes it the world’s rarest whisky?:
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