Saturday 30 July 2022

More Loch Lomond Chardonnay Wine Yeast

One of my favourite @LochLomondMalts distillations is using Chardonnay Wine Yeast in a straight necked pot still, huge citrus effervescence on the tongue.


The last release was a Whisky Exchange bottling in 2020, this time Royal Mile have got in on the act!

Friday 29 July 2022

The Whisky Cellar @TweetTastings

@whisky_cellar chose @TheWhiskyWire to launch their 5th Batch with a @TweetTastings - those who were successful received a lovely package of samples through the post.



Five bottles from the new range - let's see what the drams were like!

Tuesday 26 July 2022

Core Range: Glenmorangie

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


This time looking at Glenmorangie

Thursday 14 July 2022

Loch Lomond 2022 Open Golf Special Edition

The 150th Open Golf Championship starts today at the Old Course, St Andrews. @LochLomondMalts are the Official Spirit of The Open.


Here I try their 2022 Special Edition release.

Sunday 10 July 2022

Friday 8 July 2022

Side by side: Four Distell Finishes

Distell own three distilleries in Scotland and four in South Africa producing whisky and brandy.

A recent sample swap delivered four cask strength drams from three of these distilleries.

Thursday 7 July 2022

Virtual tasting: Firkin Whisky Company

A conversation with  @FirkinWhiskyCo led to a zoom tasting with the #RatFans #WolfPack #BlindPack #RaasayPossie #FirkinDrammers



Lets see what they were like!