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If you are looking for the thinking beyond the reviews, you have landed on the right page. While eating is a basic, simple activity that generates irrational reactions, it is also deeply steeped in culture, zeitgeist and personal experience. Hence, why not create a section for thoughts, questions, rants, suggestions and anything in between? This section was almost called the mixed bag at one point, but that seemed too vague!
Most of the topics I am writing about here will be food related, though don’t hold me to that. Everyone needs a soapbox to stand on every now and then!
The Kilkerran warehouse tasting stayed with me long after I wrapped up my Scotland trip. I admitted last week that, after the initial disappointment of a cask failing to meet my expectations, the experience felt like honesty, the kind that you only come across in single casks. I left the…
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If someone had told me I would be having the luxury of trying six Springbank Cage Bottles side by side, when I started this blog 30 months ago, I would have probably laughed. Six of the bottles that many whisky aficionados dream of owning. If I were lucky, I might…
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There is a question I like to ask at whisky festivals, and which I used extensively at this year’s Independent Spirits Festival. Not what is your best seller, or what should I try first. But: what are you excited about today? What would you choose to drink? The answers tell…
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It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Well, finally, the silent season here at Road to Dram is over. If you are a returning visitor, you may notice a few changes since your last visit. And if you are new, you may just be wondering why the header says The Return…
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If you follow Road to Dram regularly or semi-regularly, you’ll have noticed the lack of posts over the past month. I appreciate those who reached out to check on me; all is well, at least when you ignore the crazy international climate. It’s only that everything got a bit much….
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It’s review 100 for Road to Dram so t is time to celebrate this small but proud landmark with a look at WM Cadenhead’s February 2025 Releases. From fruit bomb to maritime peat gem, there is something for everyone.
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As I am writing this, I am looking back at the notes I wrote when I started this blog. I am comparing my Road to Dram roadmap (pardon the pun) with the journey so far. I just realised I diverted quite a bit from the original plan. And that is…
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Today I want to bust a whisky myth. Specifically, the myth that “Springbank doesn’t do marketing”. It is a belief that seems to permeate the whiskysphere. As someone who works in marketing, it drives me mad. I will try to demonstrate that, in the right hands, marketing can do good.
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Today’s post and review of Campbeltown Loch concludes my series exploring Blended Malts with what many consider one of the best blends available. It is also an opportunity to reflect on transparency of information in whisky and ask if we should expect more from Springbank.
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With my exploration of entry-level, Single Malt Whiskies aged only in ex-bourbon casks coming to an end, it is time to round up my impressions. Like a little game of “Kiss-Marry-Kill”, but for whisky.
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