Blue Note Crossroads Review

Have you ever seen the classic #80’s movie Crossroads staring Ralph Macchio ? Big Chief was passing through Memphis and came across a bottle of Blue Note Bourbon, Blue Note Crossroads from B.R. Distilling Company that brought back memories of the Delta Blues movie. What happens when Big Chief picks up a new bottle

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Highland Park Cask Strength Release No. 2 Review

I remember falling hard for Highland Park years ago. One of my best mates was the brand ambassador at the time I was courting HP (or maybe it was courting me?), and I vividly recall attending events he hosted and feeling like there was something kinda special about this distillery. Between his ability to evocatively […]

Bruichladdich Prepares For Chinese New Year Celebrations

Islay-based distillery Bruichladdich is preparing for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations [beginning on February 1, 2022] with the twin release of the Bruichladdich Black Art 09.1 and Octomore 12 Series. This year, the Chinese New Year celebrates the year of the tiger. Bruichladdich Black Art 09.1 were matured in mystery casks [Bruichladdich would not […]

Spearhead Whisky Tweet Tasting

It’s all about the glory of the grain! Well, it is as far as our next and 224th Tweet Tasting is concerned!We’re thrilled to announce that on Thursday February 24th, we’ll be teaming up again with our very good friends at Loch Lomond, to share, sip and…

A good few Tomintoul

Tomintoul ‘With a Peaty Tang’ (40%, OB, +/-2018)Tomintoul 10 yo 2010 (56,1%, First Cask, WIN Dranken, hogshead, +/-2020)Tomintoul 15 yo 2001/2020 (45%, Liquid Treasures, Living World, bourbon hogshead, 146 bottles)Tomintoul 15 yo 2005/2020 (55.7%, Lady…

Chicken Cock Cotton Club 20 Year Old Rye Whiskey Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Grain & Barrel Spirits, the company behind the revival of the Chicken Cock brand, and some of the sourced releases under that title have been quite excellent. In particular, I was quite fond of the Chicken Cock 15 Year Old Bourbon. The news that the company was bringing out a …

What to drink in 2022

At the moment there are a lot of articles around talking about the trends for 2022.  Like any other drinks retailer, we are also conscious of what is happening out there in the big wide…

Originally published on The Whisky Exchange Blog – What to drink in 2022

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