For our final tasting of 2015, we welcomed Inver House Distillers to showcase some of their whiskies, focusing on an aspect of whisky that most companies are not talking about much these days: long ageing….
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Well-aged whisky with Balblair, Old Pulteney and AnCnoc
Posted on 30 Dec 2015 by Billy
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anCnoc 18 Year Old and 1975 – Modern Tradition
Posted on 3 Jun 2015 by Billy
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Knockdhu is a strangely anachronistic distillery. Founded in 1894, at the time it was a thoroughly modern facility, with a steam engine, railway sidings, and all mod cons. However, not much has changed since then,…
Continue reading »Peaty AnCnoc – Rutter and Flaughter
Posted on 23 Apr 2014 by Billy
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Peat smoke. To many it’s the key flavour in whiskies and for others it’s the reason they don’t drink whisky. While only relatively few whiskies are actually noticeably peaty, it’s become one of the best-known…
Continue reading »A trip to Knockdhu
Posted on 24 Aug 2011 by Billy
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[This is Part 4 of Billy’s trip around the Inver House distilleries. If you haven’t already, you should check out his scribblings from Balblair, Pulteney and Speyburn] After leaving Speyburn we hacked back over to…
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A set of four half bottles of Tarquin's Gin and a glass to enjoy them out of. This bundle contains a 365cl bottle each of...
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A deliciously rich dark chocolate with notes of coffee and hazelnut, which are perfectly matched b...
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As the song We Wish You A Merry Christmas goes, "we all like figgy pudding". We especially like it in this gin form from Ta...
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The Rodez family has been growing grapes in Ambonnay since 1757. Eric trained at Krug for many years and...
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Sugar cane honey is filtered and evaporated sugar cane juice. It's thicker and stays fresh longer than pure juice, but doesn't go through as much of a refining process as molasses.
Posted on: 3 Dec 2018
Hi, what is the difference between molasses and sugarcane honey ?
Posted on: 3 Dec 2018
Not a comment on the whisky, but the alleged advertisement mentioned at the top of the page (which was almost certainly fake, featuring as it did American spelling) refers to the later “Imperial...
Posted on: 17 Nov 2018