I am starting to write this intro to my fourth take on new distilleries, and I realise I have not moved away from the Lowlands yet. Now, my attitude to… Read More »New Malts on the Block: Lochlea Fallow Review
Another new single malt distillery and another stop in the Lowlands. After Glaosgow’s Clydeside and Glasgow Distillery, it is time to head to the Kingdom of Fyfe. Away to Kingsbarns specifically to review their now-discontinued Dream to Dram. Why review a discontinued whisky you may ask?
I continue my exploration of new distilleries with The Glasgow Distillery. I have three of their Glasgow 1770 Small Batch Series in review today: the 2024 Unepeated Tokaji finish, the 2023 “Unpeated” Manzanilla cask Finish and 2022’s Red Wine Peated and Ruby Port triple distilled vatting.
With so many new distilleries releasing their products on the market, it is time to dedicate my next reviews to the New Malts on the Block, starting today with my review of the Clydeside Distillery Napier, a 6 year old Lowlands single malt fully aged in Oloroso Sherry Casks
The 2024 Online Scotch Whisky Awards are in full swing. The list of nominations is out, and voting is open. So, I decided to celebrate the OSWAs in my own way. That means gamifying things a bit, organising a small competition between the 2021, 2022 and 2023 OSWAs nominees in my favourite category, the Best Value Whisky, face-off against each other.
Travelling to Scotland and not planning some whisky-related shopping would be criminal. My success rate with online suggestions was very mixed. So, before getting back to my usual program, I want to share my top whisky shop picks in the west of Scotland after my recent trip.
All good things must come to an end, and so did my two whisky-laden weeks in Scotland. I couldn’t miss the chance to finish with a bang. My thinking is that good memories will foster future return trips to Islay. The final high point of the trip came with the Bruichladdich Experience.
After Glasgow and Arran my journey took me to Islay for a few days. Time being short, I had to make tough choices regarding which distilleries to visit. My fellow whisky geeks’ top suggestion was Bunnahabhain and their Warehouse 9 tasting.
Being on Arran with a cope days on my hand it would have been criminal only to visit the Lagg distillery, missing Lochranza distillery home of Arran whisky. Instead of the tour, I opted for the select tasting offering samples of Arran’s limited editions.
After Glasgow, and Clydeside Distillery, my next Scotland stop was the Isle of Arran. Often referred to as Scotland in Miniature, it is also a great whisky destination with two distilleries easily reachable from the main port of Brodick. Today am taking you on the Lagg Distillery tour.