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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Batch B1-19 of Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength single pot still Irish whiskey has been matur...
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Matured in sherry-seasoned oak for 14 years, this 2004-vintage single malt, from an un-named distillery o...
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Matured in a small number of ex-sherry casks and American oak casks, Glenfiddich Grand Cru has been finished fo...
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Black Tot is a modern take on an old style of rum, inspired by more than three centuries of naval tradition. Bringing together the cor...
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The ballot is open to everyone, but if we can't ship to you, then you'll need to sort out collection/otherwise getting the bottle. We can't ship to Canada, so if you won you'd have to do some...
Posted on: 16 September 2019
Are there any places that don't qualify for Ardbeg 1976 contest? I clicked on the shipping list for countries and I'm not seeing Canada on there. Are Canadians eligible?
Posted on: 16 September 2019
Thatnks Juergen – I've updated the page to make things a bit more precise. Strangely, schnapps seems to now be a fairly common English word that means about the same as Obstler :)
Posted on: 13 September 2019