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Glenlivet is a good tour and visitor centre in a fairly modern but traditional style distillery. Excellent cocktails in the Visitor centre bar if you’re not driving. Macallan is a very different...

Some lovely whiskies there, that Johnnie Walker XR is rich like a good XO Cognac, quite different to the rest of the JW range. That no-age-statement Glenlivet isn’t great, don’t let it put you off...

There’s not an exact percentage that guarantees no chill flock as there are too many variables- wood type, blend composition, worst case storage conditions you’re allowing for. Malt contributes a lot...

Original reason for colour was pretty reasonable, which was to keep the colour uniform. If you saw a row of identical whiskies in a shop but one had a different coloured liquid you’d think something...

Funny how often chill filtration is mentioned as a negative thing. I’ve worked in the whisky industry for 30 years, several of which were spent designing filtration systems and being involved in very...

Two weeks until I start my new job, working for Chivas Brothers and based at Miltonduff distillery. I’m looking forward to seeing what malts are in the staff shop. Hopefully in a few weeks I’ll be...

Nothing much wrong with Jura Journey, decent enough dram and great value at current prices.


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I went to Sainsbury’s last week to get a blended Scotch for cocktails/long drinks. They had some good price promotions on malts so I ended up buying an Auchentoshan American Oak for just over £20....

Was sent to my local Tesco today to pick up some groceries and I was amazed at the range of good malt whiskies with decent price cuts. Tis the season to be merry right enough! I shouldn't really buy...

The Jane Walker is a limited edition bottling for the USA only to tie in with women's day. For every bottle sold money is donated to some women's charities.


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A single grain Scotch can be a good stepping stone from bourbon to Malts. I'd recommend Haig Clubman - it's great value and a lovely well rounded drink, great on its own or in cocktails.


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I'm in Austria for a skiing holiday and today's après bar had a Tirol whisky. A three year old single malt. I had to sample it and can report that it wasn't too unpleasant for the age but could do...

The great thing about NAS malts is that they let the distillers and blenders experiment. Some come out really good, some don’t, but it’s interesting to taste what can be done by tweaking the wood...

Good interesting conversation here so I thought I'd chip in as I work in Scotch production operations (I'm an engineer).

Re maturation at central sites away from the distilleries - it's not an...

I'm sure the whisky will be lovely but in truth I'm more impressed with your calendar! How many watches do you need to buy to get on their Christmas Card list?


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Your bottle might be corked - I had that with a Lagavulin once and it was very unpleasant. Try a dram of Caol Ila in a bar before you write it off, I think it's a great whisky.


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My guess - Mansfield Hotel in Elgin?


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It's great that a few independents like Springbank are doing well but it's the big companies that made Scotch the dominant whisky globally. Scotch is inherently expensive to make compared to lots of...

Rare and Old must be the two most abused terms in whisky marketing. Rare Old Mortlach is the youngest and cheapest variant that Diageo now sells. I've never tasted it, I'm currently drinking a Gordon...

I work for Diageo, owners of Mortlach distillery and I'm certain that this whisky won't be Mortlach. We could sell Mortlach that old for a good few hundred pounds per bottle, there'd be absolutely no...

I'm very fond of Lagavulin, partly because I worked there for a while (project managed a big refurb) back in the nineties. My current favourite is a Distillers Edition version that was distilled in...