We’re excited to announce that we’ll be doing a couple of tasting events in St Andrews during the golf open this week. Two nights of the very best of Scottish culture, taking in the history and folklore surrounding some of Scotland’s finest drams.
Thursday 15th July:
This evening presents a wide selection of stunning malts from throughout the Douglas Laing & Co. Ltd range, including Provenance and Old Malt Cask bottlings. Rare, unusual and fascinating.
- Auchentoshan 10 year-old
- Royal Brackla 12 year-old
- Strathmill 16 year-old
- Caol Ila 15 year-old
- Laphroaig 8 year-old
- Big Peat
Tickets are £39 and you can book for this tasting here.
Friday 16th July:
This evening showcases some of the most beautiful, expertly crafted whiskies available today. Some boutique and rare bottlings, unlikely to be seen again – and the king of blends to crown the night.
- The Dalmore 18 year-old
- The Dalmore Mackenzie
- Jura Xu 1999
- Jura Jo 1995
- Jura Ji 1993
- Whyte & Mackay 30 year-old blend
Again, tickets are £39 and you can book for this tasting here.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Tagged: golf, scotland, Tasting
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- July 9, 2010 – 10:53 pm
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Single malt from Wales
Partly to celebrate St David’s Day today – but mostly because it was long overdue, Clutch and I decided to try the samples of Penderyn that the Welsh Whisky company had kindly sent us.
Nose:
Custard, vanilla, tangerine, honey-roasted peanuts, tiny touch of smoke.
Palate:
Flumps. Seriously: Flumps. Also, condensed milk, cream toffee… Penderyn is a dessert whisky.
Finish:
Very smooth, rounded, unassuming, a little astringent.
Verdict:
Quite quaffable, very enjoyable. A lovely dram that would welcome newcomers to the world of malts… and a lovely way to finish off St David’s Day.
Tagged: Penderyn
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- March 2, 2010 – 12:42 am
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Nauvo in the Turku archipelago
I’m across in Finland at the moment for a project based on The Kalevala. Luckily for me, I have a good friend, Tomas, who’s kindly putting me up during my stay, thus reducing the not-insubstantial cost of living whilst over here. He’s also responsible for some of the best photography I’ve seen, and having offered to document my trip, I thought it only fair that I bring some whisky over with me. Several bottles in fact.
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- February 15, 2010 – 12:21 pm
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- By Clutch
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Don’t call it a whisky
My housemate came back from the Isle of Man, and brought back a bottle of Manx. At first glance, we thought it was new make spirit – whisky that’s not old enough to be called whisky (3 years), but then we looked into it properly and were surprised to learn that it’s not.
It’s something much stranger.
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- January 17, 2010 – 8:40 pm
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Slàinte mhath! A very Happy New Year to you all.
Although we’ve only just said farewell to last year, I’m going to ask you all to come on a journey with me back through time….
Cast your minds back to seven months ago, and some of you may recall that on the 12th June we staged a mammoth tasting of twelve blends. It was a great night, and although it may have taken us a while to collect our thoughts in the few days following, the feedback that we got showed that a lot of you out there welcomed the chance to get more acquainted with the vatted, the grain, and the blends.
So why the big delay in the blogging? Well, between us we’ve been incredibly busy over the last few months. Dubber’s been globetrotting away like there’s no tomorrow (Holland, Denmark, Canada, Germany, Belgium, India) whilst I have been thoroughly consumed by fatherhood and all that that entails. So I’m hoping that you can see your way to excusing us on these grounds….?
It being the time for resolutions, we’ve got it in our heads to do a power of blogging this year – and we’ve got some big things planned…
In the meantime, below are our tasting notes from “The Night Of The Twelve Blends”:
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- January 15, 2010 – 11:53 am
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- By Clutch
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