Earlier this month I posted a new poll regarding bottling strength of single casks or quality malts, and the premium we’re willing to pay to get a fuller body, with higher % ABV. It all started after tasting a Master of Malt Speyside 30 year old, I really liked but hoped it would be bottled at a higher ABV for …

Holiday season is coming and our friends  Matt & Karen over Whisky for everyone are the hosts for this month. they posed a very interesting question for the knights.
“Pick two or three members of your family and select a whisky drink (this can be straight dram, with a mixer or elaborate cocktail) or whisky & food pairing that you think …

It’s time for this month’s Round Table and this time we start on a sad accord. one of the knights (Mark Connelly), who currently has a lot of whisky business on his mind (a Whisky Shop , which looks very cool, A whisky Festival coming soon, and of course the WWW forum) has decided to leave the forum as he …

Again, it’s time for this month’s whisky round table. This time a classic subject chosen by Neil & Joel of CaskStrength.Net was Common myths surrounding drinking whisky. they posed a very interesting question:
“Dave Broom wrote an interesting article recently on the most common myths surrounding drinking whisky, highlighting a lot of existing anxieties people associate with the spirit.
What myths have …

Again, it’s time for this month’s whisky round table. This time a classic subject chosen by Ruben of WhiskyNotes.be (good choice Ruben). mothballed or demolished distilleries, always interesting, and always relevant.
A reminder as to who are the whisky knights:
Chris – Nonjatta
Keith – Whisky Emporium
Karen & Matt – Whisky For Everyone
Ruben – Whisky Notes
Mark – Glasgow’s Whisky (And Ale)
Neil & Joel …

Whisky Cocktails have been quite popular in the whisky blogosphere lately. Quite a few debates going about whether we like, or think of them as Sacrilege. Oliver of Dramming posted a Poll regarding this the same day the Whisky Round table 15 dealing with this was about to go online (he did not know about this..). Recently the MOM blog …

It seems time flies so fast, from the #13 chapter of our whisky knights gathering… This month our host is Josh of the Jewish Single Malt Whisky Society (And blog). He posted a very interesting question, i guess every whisky blogger / fan had invested a few minutes/hours/months thinking about :
Whisky ratings.  We all rate whisky and we all do …

So, A snow phoenix for €150?
Yes, that could be the price (and much more) for such a bottle sold in Israel. As it happens, the Israeli Importer of Glenfiddich had been allocated 60 bottles for the entire country, 15 of which were broken on the way to Israel (talk about rough seas, eh?). So what does the importer do? He …

We meet again, and this time a cracking question that will no doubt keep on being asked again, again and again.
just to remind you the knights are:
Chris – Nonjatta
Keith – Whisky Emporium
Karen & Matt – Whisky For Everyone
Ruben – Whisky Notes
Mark – Glasgow’s Whisky (And Ale)
Neil & Joel – Caskstrength.net
Lucas & Chris – Edinburgh Whisky Blog
Jason – Guid Scotch Drink
Gal …

this month our host is Chris Bunting from the excellent “Nonjatta” blog, which is THE blog for Japanese whisky. Chris is a journalist and writer based in Japan , and recently published an excellent book name  “Drinking Japan” which deals with the drinking culture, and drinking options and venues in Japan. A real source of information.
joining Chris are the …