quite a bit of news this week, with 3 new expressions: from a NAS entry level whisky frmo Cardhu, to the expensive Glenrothes 1969, and […]
Whisky PR Corner Feb. 28th , 2014
Month: February 2014
Glendronach single cask 1993 Cask #5 [batch 9]
Time for our last tasting notes for the week, with another GD single cask from the latest batch (9). 1993. Let’s see what happened in […]
Whisky Live Tel Aviv – March 5,6 2014
I’ve written about the Whisky renaissance Israel is going trough in the last year or so (after the Tax on whisky and other premium alcohol […]
Kavalan Solist Fino Cask
Last week was a good whisky week. David from Australia came over for whisky talk and a few drams, and brought this sample for me […]
Two very different Compass Box whiskies
Today I’m tasting two very different whiskies from Compass Box. The only similarities is that both are Blended whiskies (containing Grain & Malt whiskies). The […]
Quick Dram: Balblair 1990 2nd edition
This Beauty spent time in both ex-bourbon and ex-sherry (Oloroso) casks, and is replacing the 1989 vintage (which was a cracker) It’s the 3rd “newish” […]
Whisky PR Corner Feb. 21st 2014
GlenDronach launches a new GRANDEUR 24 year old The start of a new year brings a new limited edition GlenDronach single malt designed for the […]
Quick Dram: Balblair 1983
It’s really about time I posted my notes and actually taste this one. 1983, seems it was just a few years ago, but It’s some […]
Tasting Balblair 2003
This is the youngest offering from Balblair released last December , and tasted in a tweet tasting I had to miss out on (not even […]
NAS & Travel Retail – The Truth–Guest post
The NAS issue is still causing a stir. I was contacted last week by an industry insider who read the posts (mine,Lukasz’s, Billy’s) and wanted […]