I’m in California this week, working with a music website called Bandcamp. I thought the least I could do was bring a bottle of whisky, so I snuck a bottle of the Jura Prophecy into my suitcase. Of course, my hosts had done their homework, and there was a bottle of Lagavulin 16 waiting for… Continue reading Tasting at Camp Bandcamp
Category: Travel
The Jura Project
We’re on the isle of Jura all this week, working on an online music project. Whyte and Mackay have commissioned Clutch to be a composer-in-residence on the island, and we’re staying in the Jura lodge, which is right next to the distillery. The Jura Project is a process of composition and recording on the island… Continue reading The Jura Project
One trip remembered, another planned
Off the back of my recent trip to The Glenrothes Distillery, we were gifted with a lovely bottle of 1985 Vintage, which, as it says on the label, has rich, creamy, dried fruits as a significant characteristic. Clutch says Garibaldis, but as that’s not a biscuit I’m familiar with, he might as well have said… Continue reading One trip remembered, another planned
The Glenrothes Adventure part 1: Welcome to Rothes House
Clutch is out of the country at the moment, and so I had my first solo whisky adventure up in the Northeast of Scotland this week. I was invited to visit The Glenrothes distillery in Speyside to learn more about the process of making whisky, meet the people, sample the food and incredible malts… and… Continue reading The Glenrothes Adventure part 1: Welcome to Rothes House
The Scotch Whisky Experience
On our recent visit to Edinburgh, we did as every good tourist should and paid a visit to the Scotch Whisky Experience, which is at the top of the big hill, next to the big castle, opposite the big hall of mirrors. There are lots of reasons to go there – not least of which… Continue reading The Scotch Whisky Experience
Finland: Winter Warmth And Whisky
I’m across in Finland at the moment for a project based on The Kalevala. Luckily for me, I have a good friend, Tomas, who’s kindly putting me up during my stay, thus reducing the not-insubstantial cost of living whilst over here. He’s also responsible for some of the best photography I’ve seen, and having offered… Continue reading Finland: Winter Warmth And Whisky
Mario recommends…
UK trumpeter Matt Halsall with Mario from Mario’s bar Another tale of European travel. I was in Genoa in the northern part of Italy a week or so back, and as is my way, I decided to go looking for a single malt. To my delight, it seemed that every bar in town had a… Continue reading Mario recommends…
Frysk Hynder
I’ve been doing a little travel lately, and have found myself in some interesting places. And while the travel itself wasn’t whisky-related specifically, I did take it upon myself to at least inject a bit of a whisky theme into the proceedings. I was in the North of Holland doing some (un)consultancy and was taken… Continue reading Frysk Hynder
Happy Father’s Day! Now, Who’d Like To Go To Jura?
So, the paternal readership of this will probably be curled up on the sofa with the Sunday papers and a dram in their hand… Doesn’t get much better than that really, eh? But wait…. Yes it does! We’ve just been alerted by the lovely people at Jura Distillery, that they’re offering a trip for two… Continue reading Happy Father’s Day! Now, Who’d Like To Go To Jura?
Impromptu Compass tasting
I was in Manchester for the past couple of days, I took a stroll around, and I was intrigued to find a pretty cool-looking specialist wine shop. Thought I’d pop in to see if there’s much in the way of whisky on offer. Ben Stephenson from Hanging Ditch was kind enough to introduce me to… Continue reading Impromptu Compass tasting