Virtual tasting: Dingle Single Malt Batch 6 Tasting

After 8 years Dingle Distillery have released their first core bottling - followed quickly by the final release in it's Single Malt Batch Series - Batch 6

Dingle invited me to take part in a tasting of the new Batch 6

Core Range : Arran

Continuing the series of posts showing a distillery's core range of bottlings.

This time looking at Arran

Whisky from...? England 3

Next in my little series on Whisky from...? is England - again! My latest count suggest there are over 30 whisky distilleries in England, this time I'm looking at the London distillery.

Core Range : GlenAllachie

Continuing the series of posts showing a distillery's core range of bottlings.

This time looking at GlenAllachie

Newer Distilleries : Clydeside

This is the latest in an occasional series about newer distilleries, this entry is about the Clydeside Distillery.

Including a look at their first release Stobcross.

Side by side : Six Blended Malts

Blends and blended malts often get a bum wrap from whisky geeks but often they are as good as, if not better than, some single malts.

Blended Malts are just that a combination of single malts from different distilleries distilled from malted barley without any grain whisky. Here I try 6 different bottles.

Core Range : Mackmyra

Continuing the series of posts showing a distillery's core range of bottlings.

This time looking at Mackmyra

Flash Blog: Lux Row Distillers' Bourbons

A message on Twitter asking if I'd like to take part in a Flash Mob? What's not to like - let's all meet up somewhere at a prearranged time and do something stupid in front of lots of people!

Then I read it a bit closer - it was from Steve Rush... Now I know Steve enjoys his whisky but I never took him for a dancer...

Core Range: Bunnahabhain

Continuing the series of posts showing a distillery's core range of bottlings.

This time looking at Bunnahabhain

Core Range: Glen Scotia

Continuing a new series of posts showing a distillery's core range of bottlings.

This time looking at Glen Scotia in Campbeltown

Gladstone Axe @TweetTastings

@gladstone_axe launched their Blended Malt range in the UK with a @TweetTastings with @TheWhiskyWire

I was lucky enough to be picked - here's my thoughts and those of a few friends!

Core Range: Loch Lomond

Continuing a new series of posts showing a distillery's core range of bottlings.

This time looking at Loch Lomond

Core Range: Paul John

The first in a new series of posts showing a distillery's core range of bottlings.

This time looking at Paul John of India.

Side by side : An Adnams flight

Launched in 2010 Adnams Copper House distillery was one of the first of the new wave of English distilleries, better known for their beer, the distillery is located within the brewery.

Here I'll try 3 drams.

Glen Scotia 2021 Seasonal Release - Heavily Charred & Oloroso Casks

Following on from last year's 11yo Sherry Double, Glen Scotia have released the 2nd of their Autumn / Winter Seasonal Releases - this time a 12yo finished in Heavily Charred and Oloroso casks.

I wasn't keen on the Sherry Double - let's see what this one is like...

Whisky from...? England 2

Next in my little series on Whisky from...? is England - again! My latest count suggest there are over 30 whisky distilleries in England, this time I'm looking at Black Bridge distillery in Hertfordshire

The whisky I am trying has been distilled for Farr Brew Brewery using their own unhopped beer as a wash.

#BTC15 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

 These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 15th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by John @jwbassman_

BlindTastingOnTour 2021 : Campbeltown

After 2 years stuck at home due to Covid the #BlindTasting team finally got back on tour with a visit to Campbeltown - the boys were back in town!

GIF by @JWBassman_

John @jwbassman_, Max @mgilberties, Andy @andy_watkinson and myself  last visited in 2019 just before Covid hit, you can read about it here, so we thought it was time we went back.