After all our hard work making the barrels, and touring the distillery, it was finally time to sample some of the fruits of our labour (or rather, the labour of others over the past decades). This is what we whisky writers like to call ‘the whole point of the exercise’. And what a fantastic tasting […]
Categories: Competition,Tasting
Tagged: anecdote, latin, nose, Tasting
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- September 27, 2010 – 7:04 am
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- By Dubber
It was the 150th anniversary of the Golf Open at St Andrews. We came, we saw, and we were utterly conquered. We may well go down in history as the hosts of the best, most well-organised, well-promoted, best-stocked and WORST-attended whisky tastings of all time. And we have some very fine and expensive whisky left […]
Categories: Tasting
Tagged: Douglas Laing, golf, Jura, Tasting, Whyte & Mackay
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- July 17, 2010 – 5:41 pm
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- By Dubber
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be doing a couple of tasting events in St Andrews during the golf open this week. Two nights of the very best of Scottish culture, taking in the history and folklore surrounding some of Scotland’s finest drams. Thursday 15th July: This evening presents a wide selection of stunning malts […]
Categories: Tasting
Tagged: golf, scotland, Tasting
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- July 9, 2010 – 10:53 pm
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- By Dubber
Photo by practicalowl Hi – Compliments of the season and all that. We’ve been having a bit of a hiatus from the online whisky tastings for a little while. I’ve been travelling rather a lot these last six months, and Clutch has been altogether too wrapped up in the whole new dadhood thing. Plus, when […]
Categories: Tasting
Tagged: christmas, Tasting, Twhisky
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- December 31, 2009 – 2:45 pm
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- By Dubber