Artisanal Spirits Company Acquires Single Cask Nation
The Artisanal Spirits Company, owners of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, have acquired the US-based independent bottler Single Cask Nation from its founders, Joshua Hatton… Read More
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Christmas is coming | The SMWS Whisky Advent Calendar
Well, it is starting… every radio, TV and internet advert is popping up with all things sleigh bells and snowmen, not to mention the big man himself Santa. It got me...
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A Visit to the Refurbished SMWS Vaults Members Room
A couple of weeks ago Nicola, her husband Scott, Jacqueline, my wife, and I decided we needed to go and see the new revamped SMWS venue in Giles Street, Leith. As...
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Balcones Distilling Celebrates 15 Years of Texas Whiskey
Balcones Distilling in Waco helped put Texas whiskey on the map when it opened in 2008, and this past weekend, the distillery marked it’s 15th… Read More
Birthday Bash and Caol Ila
Well, it’s that time again and I have been the birthday boy. We had a lovely family dinner last night in the wonderful Cotton House Restaurant in Longcroft and I have...
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Experiments in Whisky (Episode 1001: April 23, 2023)
Dr. Bill Lumsden has been experimenting at both Ardbeg and Glenmorangie distilleries. His latest Ardbeg release, Heavy Vapours, involved taking part of the distilling system out of the picture just because he wanted to see what would happen if he did. At Glenmorangie, he has a whole year’s worth of projects for his experimental Lighthouse distillery. We’ll catch up with whisky’s mad scientist on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, Scotland’s controversial alcohol marketing restrictions have been sent back to the drawing board, while the equally controversial deposit return scheme for bottles has been pushed back to next March. Read More »
SMWS 65.5 Old School Speyside
A fantastic old Imperial with lots of dusty and woody sugars and oodles of fruit sweetness in this one. Befitting its age this becomes drying and leathery with some great tannins too. I suspect the rechar HH was a finish here as it would have been unus…
Birthday Girls Edinburgh and Leith Excursion
Day One, Part One Johnnie Walker Princes Street Jacqueline and I had a couple of days (27th and 28th December 2022) in Edinburgh to celebrate Jacqueline’s birthday. We had arranged a...
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J G Thomson – Batch 1 “Sweet Edition”
Earlier this year I was delighted to taste the “Smoky Edition” of the trio of blended malts released by J G Thomson. Today it is the turn of the “Sweet Edition”....
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Black Friday at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
From Monday the 21st of November until Sunday the 27th of November, the Society has a very special membership offer – for £45.00 you will get a full year’s membership and...
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