A mysterious box showed up this past week. I finally got the courage (and time) to open it up this morning. Inside was a dossier, 2 tasting glasses, a very cool memory card and best of all…a bottle of the newly released Benromach 10 year old whisky. More on the package in a bit, but [...][...]
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Glenglassaugh 250 Club
I received a beautiful packet inviting me to participate in the Glenglassaugh 250 Club. This is the opportunity to participate in the growth of the newly re-opened Glenglassaugh distillery by purchasing a newly-filled cask. (I‘ve previously written about the upside & downside of cask purch[...]
Glenglassaugh Octave Cask Offer
Glenglassaugh Distillery started producing spirit again on the 4th December 2008 after a silent period which lasted for 22 years, a change of owners and major refurbishment of the buildings and equipment. We have now started selling aged exclusive whiskies which we have bottled from the remaining st[...]
“Ruin” Scotch Whisky? I Don’t Think So.
Almost 3 years ago, someone asked me about the requirement to bottle Scotch Whisky in Scotland. I told them that there was, at that time, no requirement for Scotch Whisky to be bottled in Scotland. That was a true statement then and it is a true statement now. Even at that time, the SWA was [...][...]
JOURNEY’S BLEND
Both Rob Allanson and I are motorcycle buffs. But that lucky bastard gets to take a trip around Scotland visiting distilleries on a Triumph Bonneville SE. From tomorrow, Thursday 4th June through Wednesday 10th June, they’ll be traveling to the farthest reaches of Scotland collecting whisky fo[...]
May 11th, 2009 - 7.49.pm § in Distilleries, New Products
Abhainn Dearg
I get a lot of Press Releases and random eMail…and as you’ve noticed, I haven’t been so good with the postings lately. I’ve been writing a new cocktail guide for a vodka company – but mostly I’ve been busy doing all sorts of other things. But the occasional email [...]
