Spirit Of Yorkshire Filey Bay Orange Wine Cask

Whisky Festivals are a great place to try a wide selection of drams, it you're lucky a Brand ambassador might offer you something special from under the table!

At the recent Southport Winter festival I was lucky enough to try a Filey Bay dram finished in Orange Wine Barriques.

#BTC51 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 51st #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Mike and Duncan from Honest To A Malt

Brave New Spirits - Cask Masters

Indie bottler Brave New Spirits @bravenewspirits.bsky.socia keep coming out with new releases!

Here's my thoughts on four recent ones from the new Cask Masters Series!

#WireWorksWhisky Tasting

English distillery @White Peak Distillery chose a Whisky Wire Tasting to launch a couple of new bottlings and revisit a couple of older ones!

Here's my thoughts and those of a few friends!

Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025 Limited Edition - Heavily Peated Ribera del Duero

An early release this year, exclusively to Unlocked Subscribers, of Glen Scotia's Campbeltown Malts Festival Limited Edition.

This year they've gone with a Heavily Peated 9yo finished in Ribera del Duero Red Wine

#BTC50 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

 These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 50th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Brian @MaltMusings and John @JWBassman

Claxton's Glencarrick 10yo

Claxton's are well known for their square Warehouse No. 1 bottles - they take up more than the usual amount of shelf space!

Recently they've released a core range - I tried it at Kendal was was luck enough to be given a sample to review.

Claxton's Grain Barn

Claxton's are well known for their square Warehouse No. 1 bottles - they take up more than the usual amount of shelf space!

Recently they've released a core range which added to this single grain.

Claxton's Smoking Furnace

Claxton's are well known for their square Warehouse No. 1 bottles - they take up more than the usual amount of shelf space!

Recently Martin has released his own blend - I tried it at Kendal and was lucky enough to be given a sample to review.

Newer Distilleries: Spirit Of Birmingham

This is the latest in an occasional series about newer distilleries, this entry is about Spirit of Birmingham

They started distilling in 2020