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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A Perfect Measure sample of a blend from the king of independent Japanese distillers, Ichiro Akuto. In additio...
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The 2019 edition of Kilkerran's small batch 8-year-old cask-strength whisky. It's matured in sherry casks and ...
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A gift set from Tarquin's, with a quartet on miniature bottles, including its Cornish Dry Gin, Strawb...
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A fresh, citrus-forward cordial from Monin, made with Nepalese timur berries, which grow wild in Nepal's Mahabharat mount...
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I think you're seeing things that aren't there – the book was completed way before the current round of tariffs and continues a pattern of liking US whiskies that has been going on for most of the...
Posted on: 29 October 2019
Jimmy's gone senile. Taketsuru NAS for the best japanese? FOH!!!
Posted on: 20 October 2019
Can I play devil's advocate here.... Political games seem to be afoot... recent tax levies placed by the Trump government on Scotch whisky exports means "trouble" ahead.... so one of the MOST...
Posted on: 19 October 2019