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TBWC English Whisky Company 5 Year Old Batch 1

After enthusing about getting try a whisky from India yesterday, I'm equally thrilled to be trying my first ever English whisky. In many ways it's surprising that there aren't more English whisky producers, given how long we've been drinking whisky and how close we are to both the countries that claim to have invented ...

Paul John Batch 1

I'm delighted to see that That Boutique-y Whisky Company doesn't just stick to Scotland, and here we have our first international whisky of the season - from India, of all places. Having previously been impressed by Paul John's whisky, I'm eager to see what TBWC can offer! Paul John Batch 1 is a marvellously dark dram, ...

TBWC Arran Batch 3

The joy of a whole advent calendar of whisky to explore is that every day brings a surprise, whether it's something never tried before or an old friend. Today is somewhere inbetween the two; I've previously tried today's whisky's younger brother, so it will be interesting to see if I enjoy this batch as ...

TBWC Deanston Batch 2

Deanston is a relatively young distillery by scotch standards, having been set up in 1967 and so a little less than 50 years old. It was set up in a cotton mill that had closed its doors two years earlier, which explains the rather unique look of the place - it's one of ...

TBWC Blended Malt No. 1 Batch 1

December is somehow already here, which means that once again I get to share a month of wonderful whiskies with you all, courtesy of the magnificent Advent Calendars from Master Of Malt. After last year's bourbon-filled calendar, this year I have That Boutique-y Whisky Company's Advent Calendar to explore. I've reviewed a few drams from ...

Ginevra Espresso Bar

Another coffee from Italian roaster Ginevra this week, and definitely a more Italian style one. On a side note; to expose the depths of my lingual ignorance, I nearly thought this coffee was called 'Macinato'. It was only thanks to the power of Google Translate that I realised at the last moment that this ...

Reads Coffee Kenya Thiriku AB

We're back to Dorset-based coffee roasters Reads Coffee today, this time from their 'Origins' range - although at the time of writing, this particular coffee has been replaced with one from another area of Kenya. Kenya Thiriku AB comes from the central region of Kenya; Thiriku is a co-operative based just outside the town of ...

Ginevra Miscela Special

Italians take their coffee quite seriously. Some years ago we were visiting a friend in Italy and when we stopped in a coffee shop for a late morning cuppa, I made the mistake of asking for a cappuccino. He flat-out refused to order it, because it was "the wrong time of day" to be ...

Reads Coffee Sumatra Bourbon Espresso

Whenever I go somewhere new, I like to explore the local produce as much as possible. Just about anywhere you go in the world - and especially in the UK - there is guaranteed to be at least a smattering of local beers to be explored. This is increasingly the case for coffee, ...

Toast Ale

Food waste is an undeniable issue; 2012 figures from WRAP (I can't see any newer numbers) show that UK households threw away 7 million tons of food waste. That's 260 kg per household, which is so high as to be almost unbelievable. Of course, as always with statistics there is more to the ...