TBWC Australian Series MMXXI

That Boutique-y Whisky often run invite only tastings to showcase their latest batch releases. Led by their brand ambassador Dave Worthington @BoutiqueyDave you are taken through some amazing whiskies this time from down under!

This Australian Series is a release of 8 bottles.

Irish tasting with Larkfire

@Larkfire Water have been running a series of tastings with invites going out to those subscribed to their newsletter, I was lucky enough to be selected to the last one a tasting in The Irish Snug!

We got to try 3 Irish whiskies: @BushmillsUK10yo, @TullamoreDEW 12yo and @Redbreast_US 12yo - first neat and then with a little Larkfire Water.

BTC10 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 10th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Sam @ReviewsWhisky and Mike @whiskyrover

Glasgow Distillery @TweetTastings

@TheWhiskyWire reached his 200th @TweetTastings milestone by teaming up with @GlasgowDC to try their range of Gin, Vodka, Rum and of course Whisky!

Let's see what the drams were like!

Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve #4

Whilst @LakesDistillery continue to build stock and work towards a house style 'standard' release they have released the fourth in their Whiskymaker's Reserve single malt series. WMR #4 comes in at 52% and has been matured in PX, Oloroso and Red Wine Casks.

I really liked #1 and #3 but still think #2 was even better, let's see what #4 is like.....

Clonakilty @TweetTastings

@TheWhiskyWire continues his 2021 @TweetTastings teaming up with Irish distillery @clondistillery where we got to try some of their whiskies.

Here's some thoughts from me and some of my friends who took part!

Something a little special for my 1000th Review

The whisky community on Twitter is one of the friendliest I've come across but every now and again one of it's members goes that little step further. This is what happened a couple of weeks ago when @mentaldrams, who I've been swapping drams with for a couple of years now, asked if I'd like a sample of his birthday dram.

He'd decided to open a bottle of Signatory Vintage's North British 1959 51yo. How could I refuse? He included a 1989 Glenfarclas and also sent samples for @jwbassman_ so we arranged a little zoom tasting to try them!

Side by side : A trio of Hazelburn

Not quite the runt of the litter but you don't see much love for Hazelburn on social media. Springbank and Longrow seem to take all the attention.

I was able to buy an old bottle and here compare it against two more recent ones.

Loch Lomond's Golf Releases

Golf and Whisky - two of Scotland greatest exports:

Loch Lomond create some great whisky and have partnered with a number of golf tournaments to release special editions - let's have a look at some of them.

The Whisky Cellar @TweetTastings

@TheWhiskyWire continues his 2021 @TweetTastings teaming up with independent bottler @whisky_cellar for the second time to launch their 2nd Release.

Six bottles from the new range along with a branded notebook and @MiaWoodCrafts cask pen were included - let's see what the drams were like!

Side by side : Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival Releases

For the past four years Glen Scotia distillery have released a Campbeltown Malts Festival  'Limited Edition' - for this review I've decided to review the new 10yo against it's predecessors.

Let's just say, right from the start, that the 2020 has set a very high bar!