Side by side: Raasay Na Sia explored

The Isle of Raasay distillery released their first bottlings in Nov '20 with their core single malt coming out in May '21. This was a marriage of 6 cask types.

Let's try the component parts!

Whisky and water

How much water does it take to make a bottle of whisky? How much water should you add to your whisky? These and other difficult water related questions answered!

Let's dive in! 😉

Batches : Raasay releases

Distilleries often release whisky in batches, the same name but subtly different recipes, ABVs, maturation periods etc. In this, occasional series, I'm going to review a number of different Batches in my Side-by-side format to see if I can detect any differences, does each batch get better or are they to all intents and purposes the same?

This time I'll be reviewing batches R-01 and R-02 from Raasay.

#BTC14 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

 These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 14th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Callum @glen_scotia & Kate @kccjf

Newer Distilleries 10 : Raasay

This is the tenth in an occasional series about newer distilleries, this entry is about the Isle of Raasay Distillery.

Peated Single Grain (Post #300)

Everyone has probably heard of Single Grain whisky - Bain's, Strathclyde, Loch Lomond, Port Dundas, Cameronbridge, Teeling et al, but have you ever heard of a Peated Single Grain?

A recent conversation with Michael Henry, Loch Lomond's Master Blender, pointed me in the direction of a unique bottling....