There are few people who have been more influential in modern whisky than Jim McEwan. From managing Bowmore to restarting Bruichladdich, he has helped build a legion of dedicated fans. But, after more than five decades…
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Bruichladdich Masterclass – the first stop on Jim McEwan’s farewell tour
Posted on 30 April 2015 by Billy
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No more peaty whisky from Islay
Posted on 1 April 2015 by TWE Admin
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Fans of Islay whisky should brace themselves for a stormy future. We’ve got our hands on some research that will strike terror into the hearts of peat heads: peat on Islay will run out by…
Continue reading »New Octomore from Bruichladdich – the peatiest whisky of all time
Posted on 5 November 2014 by Stuart
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Bruichladdich may have reduced their myriad number of bottlings in recent years, but they still know how to grab a headline or two. The progressive Hebridean distillers have just unveiled two latest additions to the…
Continue reading »The Latest from the Elements of Islay
Posted on 23 October 2013 by Billy
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This year’s Whisky Show has been a rather busy time for us. Not only did we have a show to put on (it went very well, thank you for asking – our writeup of the…
Continue reading »Comic Relief: Keyword Searches
Posted on 6 February 2009 by Tim F
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Two posts today as I’m off skiing tomorrow for the next week! Serge remarked on Whiskyfun the other day that a lot of the whisky sites seemed to be getting rather serious lately (perhaps brought on…
Continue reading »Exclusive: Octomore & PC 7 Pics!!!
Posted on 26 September 2008 by Tim F
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Well, you know it must be coming up to Christmas (Whaaat?!). Over a month to Halloween yet and the mince pies were already on sale in Sainsbury’s last Sunday. And suddenly the first few smatterings of…
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Try seven of the Diageo Special Releases 2020 with this set for Virtual Whisky Show 2020. Insi...
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A 2008 Dailuaine single malt from indie bottler Douglas Laing, matured in a single sherry butt for ...
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A limited-edition 2008 Bunnahabhain, matured in a Manzanilla sherry cask until May 2020. The pa...
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An elegant Champagne from Bollinger, PNVZ15 is made with 100% Pinot Noir grapes grown on the chalky soils of Verzenay. ...
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I didn't think these ones would be up your street :) Definitely worth waiting for the show packs – the list is starting to get mildly overwhelming.
Posted on: 1 September 2020
Dry September with no whisky tasting. But I’ll save my money for the show. See you in October. All the best with the other tastings in September.
Posted on: 1 September 2020
I tried to avoid mention of any specific type or producer of whisky – I was just talking about flavour. Start from there, and you can drop in any type of whisky you want from anywhere and see how...
Posted on: 27 August 2020