September 9, 2010
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 ...
Tags: Adelphi, Ardbeg, Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Ben Nevis, Blends, BNJ, Compass box, Diageo, glenmorangie, Grain, hedonism, Islay, Malt, Regulations, Scotch, Serendipity, WhiskyScotch, The Whisky Squad
July 1, 2010
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 ...
Tags: Bruichladdich, bunnahabhain, Caol isla, Islay, Lagavulin, Malt, Squad, WhiskyIslay, The Whisky Squad
June 3, 2010
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!”
Tags: Arran, Caskstrength, Gunmaker, Highland Park, islands, Malt, Master of Malt, Mull, Murray McDavid, Orkney, Scotch, Signatory, Single malt, Skye, Talisker, Tobermory, Whisky, Whisky SquadThe Whisky Squad
June 3, 2010
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 ...
Tags: Squad, WhiskyThe Whisky Squad
May 6, 2010
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 ...
Tags: Ardbeg, Diageo, flora and fauna, Glenfarclas, Independant, Lagavulin, Rosebank, Squad, WhiskyScotch, The Whisky Squad