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Whisky Squad 6 – Brilliant Scotch Whisky Blends

September 9, 2010 1 Comment

The 2009 Scotch whisky regulations state: The two basic types of Scotch whisky, from which all blends are made, are single malt Scotch whisky and single grain Scotch whisky. Single Malt Scotch Whisky means a Scotch Whisky produced from only water and malted barley at a single distillery by batch distillation in pot stills. Single ...

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Islay Malt with the Whisky Squad

July 1, 2010 No Comments

It’s that time if the month again where 12-14 people come together and drink whisky and talk stuff, about stuff! This is session four and we decided that before expanding our dramming outside the UK we should get friendly with Scotch. We’ve so far looked at a mixed bag from SMWS, Island malts and the ...

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Whisky Squad – Follow up notes

June 3, 2010 No Comments

That was a great night and some fantastic and interesting whiskies, plus a great group of guys! Willie Philips once said: “When presenting a tasting to a group you should aim to have them treat and approach each whisky as a small child does the world around them!”

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Whisky squad – The 3rd meeting

June 3, 2010 No Comments

Sat in the Gunmakers in Farringdon (a great real ale pub) for our monthly get together. Just had a great meeting with the Movember guys and setting up for tonights Scottish Island tasting (excludes Islay). When buying our budget is £15 each, between 12 – 13 people and we’ve done well this week. Our line ...

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Testing the flavour map with The Whisky Squad

May 6, 2010 No Comments

Meeting groups of whisky enthusiast is always great. What’s better is when they invite you to join them for a monthly tasting session under the banner of the Whisky Squad! Started in April 2010 (so a very new group) we meet every first Thursday at a small friendly pub, The Gunmakers. This month we sampled ...

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Whisky Squad 6 – Brilliant Scotch Whisky Blends

The 2009 Scotch whisky regulations state: The two basic types of Scotch whisky, from which all blends are made,...

Whisky Tasting note for Glenfiddich (Explorers) 15yo – Distillery only

The guys at William Grants PR agency email myself and a bunch of other whisky bloggers nearly three weeks...

Talking Whisky Books with Ian Buxton

Ian has worked in the Scotch whisky and drinks industry for 20 years. He is conference Director of...

Back to the Whisky

This last fortnight has been a whirlwind of drinks related events and a relaxing trip to the Adirondacks in...

Chap Olympiad 2010 – Caskstrength & Bounder Wax

In it's 6th year, The Chap Olympiad is a celebration of bygone lifestyle with some fun games thrown in...

Campfire talk with Jamie from Glenfiddich

Tonight will see Jamie Milne story telling here in london, the address is below the video of Jamie explaining...

Ichiro’s Malt – Double Distilleries

A podcast tasting note of Japanese whisky from Ichiro's Malt range - Double distilleries.

Ardbeg 10yo

I'll always have a fond place on my whisky shelf for Ardbeg and like my parents I'll get my...

With Movember approaching your going to see more of this!

I’m loving the Old Spice ad’s and as one of the key sponsors for this years  campaign I have to...

Islay Malt with the Whisky Squad

It’s that time if the month again where 12-14 people come together and drink whisky and talk stuff, about...