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It is that time of the year. The time when everybody in the whisky sphere declares their favourite bottle of the year. And just like last year, I refuse to reduce a year during which I tried close to 200 whiskies in a single bottle. Or three, if you want…
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Time to slowly move upwards in this series about teenage whiskies, after a row of 15-year-olds ending with last week’s Benromach 15. I could have gone on, but this series is going to be pretty long as it is. Plenty of opportunities in the future to try some more of…
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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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You might have noticed the three week gap in posts. Let’s just say that the start of 2025 could have been smoother. Things seem to be looking up, and I am finally back on my regular schedule. Starting with today’s review of the Kilkerran 8-year-old cask strength in its 2023 ex-Bourbon cask release.
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As this blog turns one, it is time for a little whisky-themed celebration. Time to open and sample a couple of bottles I brought back from my trip to Campbeltown in March: three Springbank Distillery Hand Filled Exclusives. I started Road to Dram full of doubts. It took me a…
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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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As I get closer to the end of this leg of the whisky journey focusing on funky malts, the hulking reputation of everything Campbeltown and Springbank-related looms large. Before getting to the obvious concluding highlight, today I review the Kilkerran 12, a whisky that has become one of my favourites.
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