Ahhh, Christmas: a time for family, food, good cheer and annoying singing Santa… ornaments? Are they ornamental? Are they toys? Singing Santas, anyway. And somehow all the silliness only contributes to the overall atmosphere of…
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My First Whisky Show
Posted on 4 October 2018 by Tom
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Last weekend marked The Whisky Exchange’s 10th annual Whisky Show. I went along for, rather shamefully, the first time – and had my preconceptions utterly annihilated. The first – perhaps point-of-this-post-defeating – statement I’d like…
Continue reading »National Rum Day – a Caribbean cruise
Posted on 12 August 2015 by Rocky
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This Sunday (16 August) is National Rum Day. Placed slap bang in the middle of summer, it’s the perfect time to try some rum cocktails. We’ve created a shiny page with three of our favourites:…
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A 10-year-old Bowmore, fully matured in Spanish oak hogsheads to give intensely fruity, spicy notes. The nose is ful...
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Malagousia is a local Greek variety that has a touches of rose petal, ripe peach and lemon bon bons. It is not as w...
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A limited-edition Johnnie Walker Blue Label celebrating 2019's Chinese New Year. This is the Year of the Pig,...
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This young rye whiskey has been aged in an ex-bourbon cask and finished in an ex-Pedro Ximinez sherry cask, ...
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I haven't ignored anything – I've not even really spoken about the early days of whiskey making, just made a tongue-in-cheek comment about the origins of distillation in Ireland. You are indeed...
Posted on: 4 March 2019
Sorry Billy, you seem to be denying the factual written records that do exist.
Posted on: 4 March 2019
It's generally accepted that the making of aqua vitae (which isn't quite whisky) was happening in both places before the written records, so myth and legend is all we really have. However, as I say in...
Posted on: 4 March 2019