whisky at its most personal
Edinburgh during the festival is a seething mass of humanity of all shapes and sizes from all over globe. When the sun’s beating down and you have to fight your way through the crowds… It’s time to head for the cool haven of Scotch, in the Balmoral Hotel for some soul revival.
Whisky of the week – Smokehead Islay Single Malt from Ian Macleod distillers. It may not be as explosive as its high octane cousins but this is no shrinking violet of a dram. Bottled at 43%, this amber Islay single malt scotch whisky is a bold expression of the modern distillers craft. It does what […]
In the Doghouse. Again. Still? Well, I guess that’s what happens when the mixer for your whisky is a pint of beer. So kids, please don’t try this at home. Now, beer may not be my usual mixer of choice, but Brewdog’s new Boilermaker Series of Whiskies certainly warrants my attention. Now Tuesday has often […]
Hot off the presses. BONHAMS HONG KONG SETS NEW WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A JAPANESE WHISKY COLLECTION AS HANYU ICHIRO’S FULL CARD SERIES SOLD AT ‘FINE & RARE WINE AND WHISKY SALE’ FOR HK$7.19MILLION/ US$917,000/ £755,000 Hong Kong, 16 August 2019            Moments ago, at Bonhams Fine & Rare Wine and Whisky Sale in Hong Kong, Hanyu Ichiro’s […]
Whisky of the week – Sazerac Rye. New Orleans in a glass.Bourbon Street and Louis Armstrong, jazz funerals and swamp treacle madness, mercurial Mardi Gras and voodoo chile vengeance, southern baptist purgatory and Basin Street. It’s got the lot. Sazerac Rye whiskey represents the tradition and history of the antediluvian New Orleans washed away by […]
Why, you may ask, is a whisky magazine, featuring a festival of piping?Well, beyond the fact that the skirl of the pipes still gets my blood up, it features whisky tasting sessions hosted by Willie MacDougall, who knows a thing or two about the golden liquid. In the cosy surrounds of the National Piping Centre […]
