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Birthday Bash and Caol Ila

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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)

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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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SMWS ANNOUNCE SMALL BATCH FESTIVAL BOTTLINGS

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The Scotch Malt Whisky Society have announced that there will be 6 Small Batch Releases of 2022 Festival Bottlings released on Friday 6th May 2022. These batch releases are detailled in...
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