Glasgow 1770 Red Wine & Ruby Port

@GlasgowDC @1770Whisky have released a number of small Batches, currently all numbered #1, this is their first batch of Red Wine & Ruby Port finish.

Let's see what it's like!

Loch Lomond 2023 Open Golf Releases

@LochLomondMalts release a pair of bottles (and some special editions) for each Open Golf Tournament.

This year's to celebrate the 151st at Royal Liverpool have just been released!

Chorlton Whisky - Four Peat Monsters

One of the smaller indie bottlers @ChorltonWhisky have released over 60 bottles each with a unique medieval style label.

Here I'm trying four of their peated bottlings:

Loch Lomond's Cooper's Collection 2022

Loch Lomond's Distillery, just North of Glasgow, is really two distilleries in one, a Malt distillery using malted barley in Pot Stills and a Grain distillery using grain in Column Stills.

Photo: whisky.com.gr

But, interestingly, sat in one corner of the Malt distillery is a set of Column Stills....

Virtual tasting : Fragrant Drops with NEWAS

The North East Whisky Appreciate Society @eastwhisky is a great little group based in the north east of England who organise regular virtual tastings, this one featured @FragrantDrops

The tasting was hosted by Rachel and George from Fib.

Side by side: An Ardmore flight

I've written before about how good Ardmore's spirit is, especially from Indie bottlers - here I try 10 side by side.

Let's see what they are like!

#BTC30 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

 These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 30th #BlindDrams evening.

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

Caskshare's Mark Reynier Signature Collection Release 1

Mark Reynier is a high profile figure in the whisky industry, liked by some and not by others! What you can't ignore though is that he saved the Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay.

Reynier liked to experiment with maturation and Caskshare are bottling three of his experiments.