In every new distillery’s history, there is a key moment: the Inaugural release. That first, often long-awaited moment when the public can finally sample the fruit of years of labour. And, more importantly, the moment when the distillery can start, hopefully, seeing some return from all those early years of…
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I needed a wee time to recover from the Glasgow Whisky Festival 2024. So, it is time to pick up where I left off and dive back into new Scottish distilleries. On today’s program, my review of the Torabhaig Cnoc Na Moine.
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Glasgow Whisky Festival 2024 has come and gone, leaving me on cloud nine and yet recovering from the weekend shenanigans… I might be getting too old for this. And by this, I don’t mean the shenanigans. I am already planning my 2025 trip. I mean writing a coherent post for…
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One thing which makes me hopeful when I look at new distilleries, is the ability to be innovative in their approach to the business side of things if not the production. Like today’s distillery Glenwyvis, and their 2019 I will review today, with an innovative approach to ownership.
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After visiting the northernmost (currently) Highland distillery, it is time to focus on another new distillery in a remote location, the Isle of Raasay Distillery, who, as of yesterday, are the holders of the 2024 OSWA award for best new distillery. Today, I review the Isle of Raasay R-02.1.
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After a row of lowland whiskies from Clydeside to Lagg, I needed to go to the complete opposite side of Scotland and what is currently the Northernmost distillery with whisky available for sale in the Scottish Mainland. Today I will review the Wolfburn Morven lightly peated single malt.
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While I continue my new distillery exploration, it’s time for a doubleheader with this review of the Lagg Kilmory and Corriecravie editions. We are still in the Lowlands technically, though many would argue that, at least geographically, this whisky is self-evidently an Island whisky.
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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 the Scottish whisky regions is agnostic, in the sense that I admit they exist but similarly feel they can be…
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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?
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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.
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