I have to confess to a small giggle of excitement on opening today’s Advent calendar door. I’m a huge Islay fan (as you may have noticed!) and if this year’s calendar has taught me anything, it’s that the folks at That Boutique-y Whisky Company know a thing or two about how to create amazing blends…. Read more »
I have to confess that I’ve never come across Glenburgie before. Apparently owned by Pernod Ricard, much of it’s production goes into Ballantine’s – but other than that it seems to be a remarkably anonymous distillery. Still, many of the independent bottlers seem to extract a cask or two from the distillery which is probably… Read more »
I have to admit that for quite a while, I’d assumed that Ardmore was one of those made-up distilleries that independent bottlers use when they’re not allowed to admit where a whisky has come from. To my Islay-obsessed eyes, this was clearly a not-so-subtle nod to Ardbeg. Of course, the ‘Ard’ prefix crops up all… Read more »
Although everybody tends to thinks of whisky – or at least scotch – as being malt, there’s a lot of grain whisky made too. Much of it goes into blends, so it’s rare to see it bottled as a ‘single grain whisky’ in its own right. It’s probably also a sign of its lack of… Read more »
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